Greg and I dropped in on an old friend today at work–as soon as she noticed us, her face turned red and she seemed to work hard at ignoring us for as long as possible. It’s been a while since the three of us have been together, but there’s no logical reason why anything should be uncomfortable that I know of. Perhaps something is going on in her life right now. And yet, “we must become the change we wish to see” means that I am directly responsible for this turmoil. What turmoil within me causes this strange reaction in her? I decided to let the bad feelings about her go–perhaps I’ll write her a letter.
Tomorrow I’m going to Pomona in order to prepare for a 3-day trip to Idyllwild with almost 40 other Class of 2011 people. I wonder what I’ll learn.
Little Red Book:
Vipassana – bare attention, empty ego
tonglen – taking and sending, cut egoic self-concern
I am already Enlightened
Rest as the Witness, feel self-contraction, free of it
