[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Basic Goodness Is Like a Sneeze

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

October  26, 2004

BASIC GOODNESS IS LIKE A SNEEZE

When we talk about basic goodness, we are not talking in terms of good and 
bad, but we are talking about unconditional health or unconditional 
goodness, without any reference point. Basic goodness is something like a 
sneeze. When you sneeze, there is no time to create or refer to a reference 
point. You just sneeze, or you just cough. Similarly, when a person has an 
orgasm, there's no room or time to compare that experience with anything 
else. That simplicity and fundamental healthiness and that capability of 
having your own personal experience is called basic goodness, which does 
not have to be compared to basic badness.

         From "Natural Hierarchy," in Selected Writings in THE COLLECTED 
WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, Volume Eight, pages 435.

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