These 5 steps are a metaphor for progress along our journeys....simple but not easy....

Date:   12/28/2005 2:05:27 PM ( 19 y ago)

Maybe the “Autobiography in Five Chapters” from The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying can shed some light on spiritual growth....on getting clear, attaining awareness.....

Personally, I thought I was on step 5 with an issue with my daughter, but fell back to step 3 once again!! *sigh*

1) I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost…I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

2) I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I’m in the same place again.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes long time to get out.

3) I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in…it’s a habit
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

4) I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I walk around it.

5) I walk down another street.

 

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