[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Bringing Together the Sun and Moon

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

February 25, 2009  Cheerful Shambhala New Year

BRINGING TOGETHER THE SUN AND MOON

The wretched familiar "me" is like a lead shoe that weights us down. 
However, we don't actually have to live that way at all. We could 
have a sense of celebration and positive arrogance. It's not that we 
should abandon one part of ourselves and cultivate the other part, 
but we could simply look at our Joe-Schmidt-ness, the you-ness, with 
openness. When we do that, there is space to fall in love with 
ourselves, in the positive sense. You begin to like Joe Schmidt, and 
at that point, the other wretched Joe begins to phase out. It's not 
that your personality has changed, particularly, but rather that the 
positive aspect of yourself has expanded. We could see our world as a 
big world and see ourselves as open and vast. We can see our world as 
sacred, which is the key to bringing together the sun and moon.

 From CONQUERING FEAR: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, 
forthcoming August, 2009, from Shambhala Publications.

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

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