I don't know about you, but these days I have been going to bed pretty early. and last night my neighobrs upstairs really had their "Chat" on. What I mean to say is that they were talking and LOUD. One guy pretended for some reason that he was "Chicken Little" and then that became a theme throughout the rest of the night- that guys newly given identity "CHicken Little" Would SQUAWK OUT to the world (LOUDLY) I might add. They gathered themselves near the window and just """GOT TO TALKIN" and Laughin and A SQUAKIN.
Now let me tell you the interesting part. Though I by all acounts and should and was ANNOYED with these individuals, I somehow EVENTUALLY* fell asleep. But in my dream these personages were not the annoying ones, but were of a saintly order that I sympathized with and understood why they were talking and felt that it was in the correct nature of the universe that they should be so loud and talky.
Don't ask me how I acheived such a Bodhisatva-like attitude, just ask me : "What is the sound of one hand clapping" (It sounds something like a fingersnap__)
Rocky
* after a long time
that's impressive - I've tried to apply some of the same buddha teachings to that same situation but with limited success. I once tried to imagine loud talkers were animals for example sea lion...did you use insense to help your mental state??
ReplyDeleteI think it had to do something with what I was reading before I went to sleep. I didn't have insense though. I think the book was helping me conceive of a positive way to look at all the universe including bad Squawkers. I think yo9ur sealion analogy is good though, because how can you get annoyed with animals. Also I think what happened is that I decided that I would not go tell them to be quiet, because really how could I, it being somewhat early in the night and them not being a "Truly Rawkus Party". So once I decided I was powerless, I think it helped me accept it.r
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