Someone much wiser about these things than I once told me I was "bodhisattva" - "...Bodhisattva practices not for her or his enlightenment alone, but for the enlightenment of all beings. The Bodhisattva vows to remain in this world of ignorance and confusion, vows to be willing to experience whatever living beings experience, until all beings are liberated."
I wasn't particularly convinced at the time because I never viewed myself as compassionate or truly altruistic. Lately I have put those "bodhi" thoughts into the hopper and have arrived at a couple of alternatives.
1) Imbued by the spirit of "bodhi" I am striving to fulfill that destiny
OR
2) The path of the "bodhi" is being enlightened to me so that I might change my kharma.
I can't decide if these two paths are mutually exclusive or complimentary - no doubt some combination, as enlightenment is rarely straightforward and uncomplicated by corollary issues. So if I am finding myself in similar and recurring situations, can I conclude that those situations are the fulfillment of my "bodhi" destiny or the chances to make change?
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I don't know your answer, but this post needs a soundtrack...
http://www.bobvillwock.com/music/bodhistattva.mp3
i don't know my answer either, but i am really diggin' this music!
oblique?? obtuse maybe, but never tangential. explain yourself, mr. spitoon.
I think he meant "opaque", and that would fit with your cold black heart. *smiles* Speaking of bodhisatvas, in my opinion the two alternatives you mention are obverse and inverse of the same coin.
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