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Many years ago I had the privilege of a meeting with a world famous philosopher and guru the meetings were by chance.
A friend had hired a cottage near his Guru's establishment. Due to circumstances this friend moved abroad. He asked me if I would pack and send his belongings to him as he had left in a hurry.
I did pack and send them.
Whilst I was packing mainly a large number of books into cartons a man came walking down the country lane, coat over shoulder and it was one of those rare July boiling hot days. The man's aura reached to the sky.
The man greeted me and I him, he was elderly so I asked him if he would like to sit down inside and have a cup of water. He accepted and I excused myself and said I had to pack these things and get them shipped as soon as possible as the rent ran out the next day.
The man then said the name of my friend and said has he gone and I replied yes. It was when I was packing the last of the books I saw a photograph on the back and realized this was the Guru.
I then exclaimed your Mr xxx and he said yes. I said with respect I haven't a lot of time for Guru's. He said I do not consider myself as a Guru, others have made it so. Then he got up and said well I have to lecture now and be a Guru. He Laughed and went his way and on leaving said, anytime you are round this way come in and see me.
PART TWO
The following year I was visiting one of my six goddaughters who lived near the Guru xxx's college and I had found out from my friend where it was and went in to the reception where I met a very brusque lady who was on duty on the Sunday and happened to be the personal secretary to the Guru and said I was invited by the Guru to come in when I was around here. She said 'Hmph they all say that, you'll have to book an appointment for next year'. With that the a door opened and the Guru appeared and said 'Oh hello young sir come in and to the lady two teas please' to say she looked displeased is the understatement of the year.
PART THREE
I came in to the beautiful room, simple, charming and yet strangely sparse and stark, reminding me of nature and the intrinsic beauty of rare species and evolution. As from our first meeting in the lane and cottage he questioned me quietly and I hardly said a word, he was quiet and gentle and it brought forth spontaneous answers from me. I then said 'Sir may I ask you a question and get one in please?' He laughed and said of course. 'You say you are not a Guru and yet you are famous in many countries and written many books, why do you do this then'? He replied 'This is a good question, I do it because I love doing it and for no other reason, I do not write books, others do that around me and from my lectures and interviews'. There was a ring of truth in that for me.
He then stood up and said ' Young sir, I feel this is now the moment to go' I agreed He then said 'May I make a suggestion' I agreed ' You have a relatively clear mind, I beg of you do not start a movement and another ism, the moment you do you create its opposite and can lead to confrontation, I do not think we will meet again' I thanked him for his generosity and welcoming and left. we never met again.
PART FOUR
My friend urged me to attend one of the Guru's lectures. I went mainly out of curiosity. The venue was packed to the rafters. It went eerily quiet ten minutes before he came in. His manner was totally different to that of our meetings; he was brusque to the point and no dillydallying about. There were many jewels of wisdom however, I could not wait to get out.
Some of the humor although he did not like the laughter after his remarks because he said that it was a distraction from the point; A lady said 'XXX I have given up all my vices' He replied 'Well now give up all your virtues' a man said 'what do you think about mantra's' He replied ' say cocoa cola over and over again and you will become dumb stupid and the mind lazy and stultified'
PART FIVE
He reminded me of my Sensei and Sifu who had this succinct manner and cut to the chase. The remark that resonated with me in that lecture was 'people are like gutters, the stench and dross are underneath and they merely put disinfectant to cover it up' I would add that they do not want to look at their rotting fetid crap, mine as well I might add.
PART SIX
I must admit I found the gutter bit, a bit unsavioury and would say that although unsavioury it hit hard and deep and I realized the dross I carried. I felt that thoughts that were the precursors and at the same time the storage facilities or containers for these unsavioury stenches of the mind, the mind breaking wind, thoughts floated on the wings of pure consciousness and surfed the essence of mind and just went unconsciously on their way oblivious to anything under the surface and maybe to frightened or scared of what lay hidden there, like a lady who came to me for therapy and in a guided imagery went diving into her past and unconscious and jumped out and ran to the door and when I inquired why she screamed ' a great white shark bit off my head' This lady a well know celebrity banker came back and she agreed to explore it, but left because she said it would mean a radical change of Life style and this she could not do.
PART SEVEN
One has to have great courage, the courage of a spiritual warrior, the sword of a Samurai to cut through the detritus, the rubbish the garbage dung of accumulated 'stuff' that has rotted and festered over the years and comes out in unsavioury behavior.
One of the many ways to deal with this is through the laser beam of awareness in meditation, by being attentive to the content of the mind without judgment, looking without opinion, attention without intention and so allowing free passage out of the system and not having attachment to it.
Keep the gaze steady and unwavering, look without shame or guilt keep on the razors edge and the light of inner awareness will break through the fog of delusion which was mistaken for reality.
SHACK
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