{"id":3154,"date":"2009-08-03T10:39:41","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T02:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2009-08-03T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T02:59:50","slug":"open-to-everything-happy-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/08\/open-to-everything-happy-sad\/","title":{"rendered":"Open to Everything Happy & Sad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are some lyrics in part from Moby’s bittersweet song ‘Slipping Away’ from his album ‘Hotel’:<\/p>\n

Open to everything happy and sad
\nSeeing the good when it’s all going bad
\nSeeing the sun when I can’t really see
\nHoping the sun will at least look at me<\/p>\n

Focus on everything better today
\nAll that I needed I never could say
\nHold on to people, they’re slipping away
\nHold on to this while it’s slipping away<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Being open to everything happy and sad
\ndoesn’t mean we ought to be attached to either.
\nTruly being open means to practise equanimity towards both (happiness and sadness).<\/p>\n

Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
\nis not as good as being able to see the bad when it’s all going good too.
\nTruly being open means to practise equanimity towards both (the good and bad).<\/p>\n

See the sun of Buddha-nature when you can’t really see it
\nlest you lose hope in your innate purity.
\nIt will always be there if you look for it.<\/p>\n

Better to focus on your Buddha-nature today.
\nAll that you needed you never could say
\nBecause it’s your Buddha-nature, that beyond words.<\/p>\n

Hold on to people when they’re slipping away?
\nBut how do you cling to sand that slips from your hands? (See last scene of video)
\nHold it open palm up, even as the winds of change surely blows through.<\/p>\n

Hold on to this while it’s slipping away?
\nBut how do you cling to that slippery eel of ‘now’?
\nJust treasure it, as you would cradle a baby gently.<\/p>\n

When you cradle ‘now’ with gentle love,
\nthat in the now grows with love,
\ninto greater love.<\/p>\n

– Stonepeace<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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