What Would Buddha Do?

living in the now

Continuation from Friday……(Killing Stress)

The following quick story about Buddha should drive the point home.

One of Buddha’s disciples (I don’t recall the name, but let’s call him Bob) proceeded to ask Buddha.

Bob: “Master, can I go and preach your message in the city near my birthplace? I believe I am ready. People there have never heard of such a beautiful message before. I shall deliver it to them. “

Buddha: “This is not a good idea. It is a very dangerous place. People there are very angry and violent. You will disturb them with my message. You might even get hurt. They might even kill you. “

Bob: “Master, believe me, I am ready.”

Buddha: “If you are ready, answer the following three questions. First, what will you do if they hate your message? What will you do if they insult you, spit in your face and threaten you?

Bob: “I will thank them for being such wonderful people. All they are doing is insulting me. They could have beaten me, they could have murdered me. Their kindness knows no end.”

Buddha: “And what will you do if they start beating you? If they start hitting you with sticks and stones, what will you do?”

Bob: “I will thank them for being such wonderful people. All they are doing is beating me. They could have easily murdered me on the street like a dog. Their kindheartedness knows no bounds”.

Buddha: “And if they are murdering you, as you are dying, what will you think and what will you say?”

Bob: “Master, I will rejoice, thanking them for releasing my spirit from my physical form. In this physical form, many errors are possible. Now, thanks to their compassion I will be able to move at the higher level.”

Buddha: “Go, you are ready now.”

Think about it for a second. If that is your true state of being, STRESS, FEAR, ANGER, etc…..simply vanish from your state of consciousness. They become physically impossible. And that is available only though meditation.

Walking Meditation:

Walking meditation is a subset of simple meditation described above. It a much more involved and much more difficult phenomena. It is definitely advised that you become proficient in simple meditation first before switching gears and adding walking meditation to your tool set.

Essentially, in walking meditation you are responsible for transferring your higher state of consciousness attained in your regular meditation sessions to all of your daily activities. In other words, one must be fully aware, awake and conscious (the state of NOW) all throughout the day. While brushing your teeth, while eating, while talking to people, while reading, etc…… If you thought meditation was difficult, walking meditation takes it to a whole new level. Yet, the rewards are just as great, if not greater. Plus, if you are able to maintain this state of higher consciousness throughout the day, your eventual enlightenment and/or dissociation from STRESS will come much faster.

In conclusion, this section of the book spent a considerable amount of time discussing all of the tools and exercises available for STRESS reduction or its outright elimination. We started the process with a simple set of rules and living in the NOW. We then made our way towards separation, control and meditation. Ultimately, we made mediation our number one tool for completely eliminating STRESS out of our lives. In the next chapter we will take in depth look at how to transform STRESS and STRESS associated energies into positive forces and do so at the snap of our fingers.

To Be Continued Tomorrow…….(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)