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It turned out I (non-expert that I am) had not turned the comment capability on. Now, you are able to make comments to posts if you like (at least until "I" change my "mind".)

Ever ready to watch TV, I watched the entire convocation at Virginia Tech for the 32 (33 if you include the gunman) dead from yesterday's mass killing. I find the whole thing fascinating on numerous levels: 1st. The fact that one more thing grabs the attention of the American public so readily, pushing everything else aside. Have you any idea how many people die every minute in the world? Doesn't really matter how - guns, suicide, war, starvation, disease, etc. It's a part of the life cycle. Yes, it is a sad thing for those involved, a loved one dead under such bizarre circumstances. But then so are the tens of thousands of deaths that are taking place in the middle east, Darfur, and (dare I say it) the slaughterhouses. 2nd. This caught my attention quite quickly. Everyone immediately started blaming the school, the police, somebody, anybody, that after the first two murders (which looked like a basic domestic squabble) the entire campus of some 26,000 students should have ...

How much energy does it take to maintain a lie? Everyone knows the stories of how the layers of lies become more and more complex as the truth shines through and there is a desperate attempt to plug the holes, to strengthen the façade of the lies, before the entire lie comes crashing down and the truth becomes self evident. And yet, in our own lives, we strive desperately to maintain that which, deep down we know is a lie - the lie of our own image, of a story of personhood and deeply identifying with that person, that body, that mind - when all we have to do is STOP - just relax our hold and let it all collapse! Stop, for a moment. What is there? What and where are YOU? What is left is infinite Reality without the shaky structure of a personal you getting in the way. What is left is the joy of pure Presence...free from form or thought or ... So for this moment, stop and BE. And again for this moment... and this one... and this one...

Okay, so everything is this ocean of Oneness, and from this ocean 'you' arise as a wave. Got it! So now what? What do you mean? I mean, now that you're a wave, what do you do? I don't know. Just be a wave, I guess. Well, perhaps, but chances are it's more than that. Probably, one of two things will happen: Either you will go out or in. Explain please! If you're a wave, one of several billion, you're not going to see much. Nor are many other waves going to see you. So, you may want to get just a bit above the other waves - perhaps get a better perspective - be a little higher than the other waves. At first, it's innocent enough, but those other waves are growing too, also trying to see (and be seen) over the crowd. Aha! Like a competition!? Exactly. And you also need to defend your waveness from your competitors - all those other waves. But, no matter what you do, there are always bigger and better waves. Plus, there's always a feeling, perhaps even a...

Well, April 1st has passed and the teachings of Sri Lirpa Loof no longer apply (see the post for April 1st). If you didn't quite catch on, here are some hints: 1. In lirpa loof's tradition the capital is at the end of the name... lirpA looF, 2. That they consider all things to be REVERSE projections of reality. 3. And it only works on April 1st! (and if you still didn't get it, well, we'll just try again next year!) And what is the blessings of the geat spiritual lesson: Don't believe every piece of "spiritual" crap somebody feeds you - including (perhaps especially) ME!

Today is a very special day. There was once said to be a truly great and deeply enlightened sage in Tibet by the name of Sri Lirpa Loof. All matter of miracles were attributed to him and it was said that by meditating on his name one could remove great heaps of accumulated karma. However, if one truly wanted to achieve the ultimate goal of Absolute Enlightenment, they should spread the holy blessings of Lirpa Loof by loudly proclaiming to each person they meet today, "You and I and the great Lirpa Loof are all One! You are the great Lirpa Loof! And I, above all, am the great Lirpa Loof!" If one does this devotedly today, they are certain to receive the blessing of the greatest spiritual lesson. With the love and blessings of Sri Lirpa Loof.