Deep Dark Secret

You might stumble upon
what you think is
another’s ‘deep dark secret’.

But if you leave it unclarified,
the true ‘deep dark secret’ might be yours –
that ‘you are deluded about the truth.’

A secret so truly deep and dark
that you will never know it as delusion,
because you already see it as the truth.

Related Article:

The Spiritual Evil of Speculation
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zeph/message/656

(Written four years ago, in lament of a Dharma teacher,
who was maligned due to groundless speculations,
which ended opportunities to share the Dharma at a centre.)

1 thought on “Deep Dark Secret

  1. Addendum: Though the above was written on something which happened in 2005, the ideas are still valid. It stuck me that speculation is something which keeps enlightenment at bay in many ways. E.g. Most of us assume (aka speculate) we will attain enlightenment in good time, that we are advancing at a reasonable pace, when it isn’t so for most of us, including me. Most of us can simply do much better with greater diligence. Another deep dark secret brought to light!

    (I)

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