small satori at work

A handful of people as I hurriedly  enter the meditation hall; hot humid weather and crowded noisy roads, dramatically turns silent in the cool large hall. I bow and sit, settling into the lotus posture is easier than the focussed mind. 5.56 says the digital clock next to  the altar as the rhythm of breath evens and eyes shut. ...6.09 says the clock as the opened eyes regain focus, noises of cymbals and drums being arranged, voices muffled all around as the devotees gather for the evening prayer. I bow and leave. The road is same,  pleasant and peaceful as I walk out slowly...

Distance from the real person is required to both idolize or villanize a person The larger the distance, the more flexibility in building the image That's why dead are easily idolized or villanized, it eliminates the chances that they will 'live' and challenge the image While the living grow and change, dead are best suited to sustain our frozen images and static minds

someone calls and i can't take the call someone writes and i am unable to write back someone wants a time with me and i can't make the time not that i intend to put them off just that i am tied to earlier commitments and this will stretch my energies but too shy to say so, i resort to the easy, 'i am busy just now' excuse and then this happens once too often then people whose call i couldn't take, meet people whose mails i didn't respond to, and confer with the person i couldn't make time to meet and conclude that i am way too 'busy'! now, people don't call or write or want to meet as they know i am 'busy' and when i reach out seeking to catch up with a friend or wanting to share something, all that i get to hear is 'but, i thought you were busy'!!

when did i become a teacher? did it happen after someone told me that they have 'learnt' from me? or when someone calls me a 'teacher' the first time? if all that i want to do is share and am seeking opportunities for the same then, what is it that i began to 'teach'? good to watch this thought. if we take the 'teaching' too seriously and profess things we don't know, share things we can't share.

"May kindly spirits bring the rains on time, For harvests to be rich and plentiful. May princes rule according to the Dharma; May the world be blessed with all prosperity. May medicines be full of strength; May secret words of power be chanted with success. May spirits o the air that feed on flesh Be kind, their minds imbued with pity. May beings never suffer anguish Let them not be sick nor evilly behave. May they have no fear, nor suffer insults. Always may their minds be free from sorrow. In monasteries, temples, and the like, May reading and reciting widely flourish. May harmony prevail among the Sangha; May its purposes be all fulfilled. ... May those who break their discipline repent, And always may they strive to cleanse away their faults, And thus may they acquire a fortunate rebirth, Wherein to practice stainless discipline. May wise and learned being be revered, And always be sustained by alms. May they be pure in mind, And may their fame spread far and wi