“…given time, many of us see the beneficent face of tragedy, we realize the rebirth that is the other side of suffering…” “Tragedy magnifies the comedy of life and maximizes the bliss of it as a whole.” “The point is that experiences are just experiences. Since there is no death, really, and all pain is temporary, and Ultimate Reality is Bliss-Beauty-Awareness, then every experience in the Universe is at least interesting and often a whole lot more. The good stuff is delightful; the bad stuff “seasons” the good stuff, making it that much richer and more intense.” Today from Funny God, Monday, September 1st: Easily Ungrateful = Humans, There is a Beneficent Face of Tragedy, a Rebirth on the Flip Side of Suffering: * [SillyMickel continues: ] At this point many of you are thinking about how cruel people can be and the tragedy that ensues from that. You are thinking there is tragedy because once experience has happened it cannot be changed, either in this life or in any afterward time, in any no-form state. * Easily Ungrateful = Human * But, you see, you’re already forgetting. I understand, it’s *harder* when you just have it in your mind. But, think: In bemoaning the tragedy of your life you have already forgotten those times when you felt grateful for those experiences. Initially you were not, of course. It’s nearly impossible to be grateful for tragedy when it happens or even for a while afterward. But given time, many of us see the beneficent face of tragedy, we realize the rebirth that is the other side of suffering. And we are grateful, then. We know this is true from some of our painful experiences; let’s entertain the notion that the ones we still feel are tragedies will be seen differently some time as well ... whether in this life or later. In fact, you might look back at the sum total of all those hellacious experiences and ponder that if you had not had them you would not be who you are today, you would not have the good that you currently have in your life. You might be doubly grateful, even, thinking that without those unwanted experiences you would not have learned as much as you did in life and would be much further away from the Liberation you ultimately want. * Long Peek-a-Boo .. Increase Pain, Increase Motivation * All in all, it might occur to you that it is kind of like a very long peek-a-boo experience in which, where the face of God is the most hidden, it makes you want it more and more and more and to strive more and more and more to change that. And, well, it’s actually true, you know? We take any kind of experience of misery or discomfort. And when you increase the pain of it, you increase the motivation for dealing with it and going beyond it. So in the end you would be really thankful for all these experiences because you would find you are super-sensitized to experiencing the opposite of them, the bliss, to the nth degree. Tragedy magnifies the comedy of life and maximizes the bliss of it as a whole. * Sorry to Hear About Your Animal-Killing Toejam * And that’s the thing that’s beautiful about it. You know you’re God when you can say you’ve got chronic fatigue, you’ve got flatulence disease, you’ve got up-the-wazoo inflammation ... you’ve got all kinds of ... phlegm cancer, y’know? Or you’ve got a really bad toejam that’s cancerous and, uh, killing off your animals ... You know? You know you’re really coming from your Divinity when you can accept any of that as being good for you and, though you’re not seeing it at the time, you are calm in your knowing that you will find out at some point, maybe some day, or even after this life, that you were lucky to have those experiences.... The point is that experiences are just experiences. Since there is no death, really, and all pain is temporary, and Ultimate Reality is Bliss-Beauty-Awareness, then every experience in the Universe is at least interesting and often a whole lot more. The good stuff is delightful; the bad stuff “seasons” the good stuff, making it that much richer and more intense. * Trusting What God Gives Me ... That’s Faith * And what is really bad is something we imagine but does not exist: That the suffering that happens is meaningless or is overwhelming. I’ve just dealt with the idea of it being meaningless, and we see that is not true. As for it being possibly overwhelming, I’m seeing that you can say, “I can’t handle it.” But actually, what we usually say is, “I won’t be able to handle it.” So right there is an indication that we are prejudging what it will be like; in fear we are magnifying ahead of time what something unpleasant will be like and minimizing our ability to handle it…. [ More coming…. Excerpted from book, soon to be released, Funny God: The Tao of Funny God and the Mind’s the Mind’s True Liberation ]
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:44:23 +0000
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