Re: {LexingtonOpenStudios:20} Responding to Floyd's Commentary..

[Elaine Adler]

Some months ago, someone introduced me to a thought of the day from a Buddhist master.  I am constantly amazed at the timeliness of some of the offerings, often speaking directly to a problem that I am wrestling with at that very moment.

With regard to whether or not we should respond to the comments in the Minuteman, I personally feel that today's mindfulness thought of the day speaks directly to letting this issue go.  It echoes my thoughts to a tee.  In case you aren't familiar with the word "Rigpa," it generally refers to "intelligence" or "awareness."  In the highest Tibetan Buddhist tradition, it connotes "the innermost nature of the mind."

May our minds reach a state of enlightenment, that we may move on with positive, generous, and supportive spirit.  

April 10 - Rigpa Glimpse of the Day

There are rough as well as gentle waves in the ocean; strong emotions come, like anger, desire, jealousy. The real practitioner recognizes them not as a disturbance or an obstacle but as a great opportunity. The fact that you react to arisings such as these with habitual tendencies of attachment and aversion is a sign not only that you are distracted but that you do not have the recognition and have lost the ground of Rigpa. To react to emotions in this way empowers them and binds you even tighter in the chains of delusion.

The great secret of Dzogchen is to see right through them, as soon as they arise, to what they really are: the vivid and electric manifestation of the energy of Rigpa itself. As you gradually learn to do this, even the most turbulent emotions fail to seize hold of you and instead dissolve, as wild waves rise and rear and sink back into the calm of the ocean.