Whenever You’re Ready
I really enjoy reading page 52. The visual images are really simple and capture so much. If I imagine Ram Dass telling me what he means for me with this page, I picture either him looking at me with a grin waiting for me to finish my verbal thought train, and/or him saying:
Relax man. You may feel important, and like the rest of us, you are, but just not in the way you thoughts have you thinking that you are. Remember that being attached to anything, including the role of helper or lover, etc., creates suffering, which means more time here to work through it. But you do that because you love the Divine Mother; that total embodiment of all experiences —your greedy pursuit (attachment) of that perfect affection/resonance that totally reflects you, paradoxically keeps you all locked up, away from your transformative fire; you stay stuck in the role of ‘experiencer’. . . all so that you can sit with that amazing lover a little longer. Whenever you’re ready . . . to re-union with her very essence, instead of being distracted by her trinkets . . . then things will happen in a really cool way.
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“As long as we’re greedy for experience we’re going to be around for quite a while . . . “
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You’re here to go on whatever trip you need in order to find your courage to face your fire (the crisp trip, Tapasia), then get what you need from the greed trip, then move on. But no rush.
And all of these ‘fires/lessons’ are but specks on the beauty of the Divine Mother, who is waiting for you right here . . . Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhisvaha om
I realized as I was writing this that it’s completely Ok for me to ‘want’ to hang around here and bask in her light. It’s Ok to have that greedy longing to love the essence that reflects me (and all else) so well. James Taylor sings:
Whenever you’re ready
You could see a dream come true
Whenever you’re ready
I’m just saying it’s up to you
Whenever you’re ready
Things could start looking up
Whenever you’re ready
Take a big sip from the loving cup
So, whenever you’re ready to release attachment to the Divine Mother, you’ll finally be at one with her, drinking tea from the loving cup.
Namaste’
Jon
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