The Spider
When we’re mindful, we’re like a spider making its web. It stretches its
web across the air and then it puts itself in the center. Quiet. Still. Unmoving.
Mindful. If a fly or a bee comes flying along and touches the web, the spider
knows. It gets up and runs out to catch that insect and turn it into food. Once the
spider has caught its food, it hurries back to its original spot. It makes itself
quiet and alert. Mindful. It knows when something is about to touch the web.
As soon as something touches it, it’s already awake—because it lives with
mindfulness.
The spider is like our mind. The mind lies in the middle of the sense
spheres: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. That’s the way it is with a
person who practices. If we’re careful, alert, and restrained, we’ll get to know
ourselves. We’ll get to know the mind: what it’s doing and in what way.
Ajahn Chah
Psi Figh retweeted
Our practice is to cultivate good seeds in the soil of our mind, knowing that they will mature and bloom in their own time.
Lol,
"But as a teaspoon of salt in the River Ganges"
X is but a tiny part of the overall daily mind states, no?
Like a splinter from an Oak Tree. The splinter doesn't represent the tree.
Jmho
