No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.
Interpretation
This quote encourages letting thoughts and feelings naturally settle without overthinking or forcing conclusions.
Tilopa's quote emphasizes the importance of allowing one's thoughts and emotions to naturally settle without the interference of excessive analysis or intentional manipulation. It suggests that clarity and understanding can emerge from simply experiencing moments without the burden of deliberate processing, advocating for a more organic approach to contemplation and self-discovery.
In practice
In a meditation session, one might share this quote to encourage participants to simply let their thoughts pass without engaging too deeply with them.
Rich, 'the Old Man said dreamily, 'is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got.
Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.
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