[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Beyond Habitual Patterns

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

October 26, 2007

BEYOND HABITUAL PATTERNS

How on earth, how in the name of heaven and earth can we actually 
become decent human beings without trying to entertain ourselves from 
here to the next corner?...It boils down to taking interest in what 
you see. I have a very frustrated feeling, actually, that when I talk 
about appreciating red, white, blue, and green, I'm not sure whether 
you actually appreciate those colors or not. Maybe you think I'm 
trying to tell you that you should be artists or something. And when 
I say that you should listen to the sounds that go on in the world, 
maybe you think I'm trying to tell you to be musicians. And when I 
talk about the textures of your body -- sense perceptions and 
feelings -- maybe you think I'm trying to tell you to become salesmen 
in the garment industry. I'm beginning to wonder.
         We are not talking about becoming experts in marketing 
things, but we are talking about our own situation: how we can 
actually stop habitual patterns and appreciate the nitty-gritty of 
the real world on the spot. We can appreciate the bright, beautiful, 
fantastic world around us; we don't have to feel all that 
resentful....Once we put a stop to habitual patterns, the vividness, 
the magic, will begin to descend, and we will begin to become masters 
of our world -- individually, personally, of course. We will begin to 
appreciate our world.

From" Overcoming Habitual Patterns," in COLLECTED KALAPA ASSEMBLIES, 
pages 266 to 267.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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