Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Huang-Po

I really enjoyed the reading of Huang-Po. The way he was explaining that the “mind is everything. The mind is nothing.” Yes you use your mind as in your thoughts or your subconscious to think and process information, but you never see or physically touch your thoughts or subconscious. In this way the mind is everything at the same time it is nothing, very similar to belief in God. Just because you cannot see or touch God physically does not mean that he does not exist, it all just depends on your own personal beliefs. Huang-Po also gave another example that really stuck with me after the reading. It was about the warrior going around looking for a pearl that was stuck to his forehead and ended up wasting a lot of time, energy, and effort when all anyone needed to do was point it out to him. When I read about this I immediately connected it to the saying that you can only find happiness within yourself, that no one can buy or give you happiness, you have to get happiness yourself. It can also be connected to the belief that God or spirituality is within us and no one but ourselves can bring us closer to God.
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  1. MarnaApril 1, 2009 at 5:41 PM

    I also enjoyed the story about the warrior. It was a good metaphor for seeking God. I also really like how you relate it to finding happiness; No one can buy or give you happiness, you have to find it yourself. I think happiness is found the same way most of the writings in this book instruct how to find God. Does that mean that finding God is finding happiness?

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  2. Anthony's BlogsApril 3, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    This is an insightful way of looking at the mind. I kind of glossed over this without really considering the point you are making. Regarding the pearl stuck to the warrior's forehead,, I believe it Huang-Po was making an analogy.

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