Friday, January 19, 2018

Look to what words point to...not the words themselves!

The truth is that you are responsible for what you think because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice.
ACIM:2:VI:2:5-7
 
 
 Words are powerful tools that help us to learn how to create a positive life experience.  We should be mindful of the words that create thoughts. At the same time we are cautious of the words we use, we can't get too hung up on them.

I love this analogy.




 
There is a story found on this wonderful site I would like you to check out called High Existence . (Please see the references at the bottom of the page).  In this story a Zen teacher was walking on a beautiful moonlit evening . He was asked a question by one of his brightest students, who was walking beside him,  about the troublesome contradictions he found amongst the words of the Buddhist doctrine. 
 
The teacher answered the boy by calling his happy dog who loved to fetch everything to his side.  The teacher pointed to the moon and told the dog to fetch the moon for him. The dog sat where he was, wagging his tail, staring at the teacher's finger. 
 
The teacher then warned the boy not to be like his dog who was confusing the pointing finger with the thing pointed at.
 
Words are only pointing fingers, guideposts leading us to a greater understanding and knowledge. They, in themselves, though powerful are not knowledge.  Be mindful of them, learn from them but know you must fight your way through them to the truth they are pointing at.  
 
All is well!
 


Story  from:
High Existence (n.d.) 7 Zen stories that just might give you a glimpse of enlightenment. Retrieved from http://highexistence.com/7-zen-stories-that-give-you-a-glimpse-of-enlightenment/
 

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