[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: You Cannot Fool Yourself

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

April 1, 2009

You Cannot Fool Yourself

When we sit and practice, we begin to realize what is known as the 
transparency and impermanence of time and space. We realize how much 
we are dwelling on our little things and that we cannot catch any of 
it and build a house on it. We cannot even lay the foundation. The 
whole thing keeps shifting under our feet and under our seat. The rug 
is being pulled out from under us completely, simply from that 
experience of working with ourselves in our practice. When we realize 
that we cannot catch hold of phenomena at all, that is what is known 
as tondam, or "absolute truth." There is an absolute quality to the 
fact that we cannot fool ourselves. We can try to fool our teacher, 
who tells us to sit; and we might think that we can fool the dharma, 
which says, "Go sit. That is the only way." But we cannot fool 
ourselves. We cannot fool our essence. The ground we are sitting on 
cannot be fooled.

 From Chapter Ten, "The Five Paths," in THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING: and 
the Path of Liberation. Order your copy at:

http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-668-0.cfm

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