Written on June 17, 2008 by Tom Stine
My friend Davidya reminded me about my favorite guru, Puppetji, in a response to my article on the Law of Attraction. I love Puppetji.
The following video is Puppetji on The Secret. Always remember to take time to laugh. God always laughs at us. It’s her job. Enjoy, and watch some other Puppetji videos when you have time.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
“Is Enlightenment easy or difficult?”
“It is as easy and as difficult as seeing what is right before your eyes.”
“How can seeing what is right before one’s eyes be difficult?”
To that the Master responded with the following anecdote:
A girl greeted her boyfriend. “Notice anything different about me?”
“New dress?”
“No.”
“New shoes?”
“No. Something else.”
“I give up.”
“I’m wearing a gas mask.”
All of our thoughts are conditioned. We all are thinking exactly along the lines we are conditioned to think. Programmed like a computer. Anybody who thinks they are actually choosing of their own free will the line of thinking that they have is completely deluded by their thinking.
Behind most spiritual practices is the belief that you have to get someplace you’re not- a destination called realization or enlightenment. But realization isn’t someplace else; it’s the naturally occurring human state. It doesn’t belong to anybody. It’s who we all are. Spiritual practices also set up many pictures of what this state looks like. For example, when I described how much fear was present, people told me the fear meant that something must be wrong, because fear was an indication that I wasn’t in the proper state. But fear is just what it is, and it’s there too in the vastness of who we are.
In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while relinquishing things that do not matter to us. A lukewarm yearning for awakening is not enough to sustain us through the difficulties involved in letting go. It is important to understand that anything that can be lost was never truly ours, anything that we deeply cling to only imprisons us.
on June 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Finnigan’s Law: The farther away the future is, the better it looks.
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on June 18th, 2008 at 4:50 am
Awesome. I love it!
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on June 18th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Off topic.
Check out this post on awakening prompted by grief. It’s great.
http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/06/17/chop-wood-carry-water/
Evan
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on June 18th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Hahaha … this is awesome! Puppetji has just found a new follower.
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on June 18th, 2008 at 11:45 am
@Irene Puppetji is great. A friend of mine pointed me to him over a year ago. I forgot about it until Davidya mentioned him in a comment.
@Evan Glad you love it! I will check out the link you left.
on July 13th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Hi Tom, I found you through Slade’s blog and have been reading and enjoying your posts. Puppetji is great — very funny. I’m subscribing and look forward to reading more! Gratefully, Jenny
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