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Listening: Crafting Your Authentic Path
Talk by Unclear on 2024-MM-DD
The talk examines the concept of listening as a fundamental component of navigating one's path in life, emphasizing the creation of a personalized journey with awareness and intentionality. The discussion suggests that while the path is deeply personal, it carries the heritage and teachings of great sages, like Shakyamuni, illustrating the renewal and authenticity found in engaging with traditional practices.
- Shakyamuni: The story of Shakyamuni leaving to become a mendicant shortly after his son's birth is presented as an example of fulfilling personal obligations while pursuing a spiritual journey, illustrating the alignment with traditional paths and the renewal of Dharma.
- "The Exercise by Jonah": An exercise involving the removal and re-application of personal layers symbolizes the exploration of authenticity and awakening without losing one's inherent nature.
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And then we can feel. Listening is the heartbeat. With it, you can feel. Listening is the pathway. With it, we share the journey. When we practice with awareness, when we practice with intentionality... Each step is the creation of the pathway. It's not simply mimicking the path someone else took. It's discovering for ourselves this is appropriate response. And when something in us is aligned
[01:02]
Something in us finds that true plumb line. Something in us finds that truth's touchstone. All of them, each in their own way, they guide us on the path. And then, even though this is the path that's appearing in each one of our lives as the appropriate response, it carries with it the heritage of the great sages. And it's something to marvel at. In all these different cultures, in all these different times, that we're influencing individuals I read once about Shakyamuni, and that, you know, there's a story about Shakyamuni that's quite soon after, maybe the same night, but the day after, maybe the day after his son was born, he left to become a mendicant.
[02:32]
And the article I read was saying, well, he had fulfilled his obligation to family. And that gave him permission to follow his path. And, of course, we'll never know completely was that a true the depiction of what happened. But we can see that the path is always being authenticated. The path is always being appropriate and coming up with appropriate response. And that that, by its very nature, is renewing the Dharma.
[03:37]
It's renewing the path. It's renewing the tradition. And so we do a funny thing. We reenact thousand-year-old traditions to discover their authentic being in this moment. And I would say it's probably helpful, hopefully helpful, to have workshops like the one Joan and I are foolish enough to teach and others are foolish enough to attend and participate. But even though it's assured foolishness, there's a way in which it lets us explore the authenticity of being who we are now in the context in which we're living.
[04:44]
In the exercise that Jonah did of removing those five layers, then he said, and then put them all back. We are who we are. We're not trying to annihilate our being. We're simply trying to wake up in the midst of it. Thank you. May our intention equally extend to every given place. With the truth that of Buddha is great. Be ye [...]
[05:58]
Buddha's way is unsurpassable. I vow to be comforted. Are these little gadgets expensive?
[13:09]
I think it's like $2.50 for the set of two. Oh, I'd like to get one for a year. You can get one for a year and then one for the dining room. Yeah, that would be nice. You guys get a hold of your tools. We can talk maybe tomorrow. I'm not going to leave you the two sets that I have here. Just replace them while I get back to the studio. As long as we know how to work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's probably the main thing we should talk about. Who I can explain it to.
[13:44]
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