Confusion

The beginning of 2010 I would like to start by presenting two metaphors:

1. Our mind is like a water. If we don't stir it, if we dont' intervene, don't change it, water will be clean, clear, undisturbed. If we want to change the nature and consistency of water, it becomes more mudded and stirred.
Like our mind during the meditation. Please, leave it like it is, don't control and change it - and the mind will become clear and peaceful.

2. I know one of the chinese strategems: Muddle the water to bring up the fish. It's a confusion technique used in therapy. Sometimes we are so sure about what we want from life and sometimes not. To find a fish - that's mean a problem, we have to make even bigger confusion. Maybe we won't find any fish or maybe we will find fish we didn't expect.
So confusion can be healpful too. Don't you think?

Ad 1. It's visualition used very often by Sogyal Rinpoche. It's help calm me down. ;)
Ad.2. One of the many metaphors used in Brief Stragetic Therapy.

Why only today?

What are your goals for 2010?
What are you thinking about going by 2009?
What do you regreat and what are you happy about?

The typical questions made on the last day of the year. And from the first january we will start next race to achieve more, to have more, to see more....?
Do we?

I'm the part of it and sometimes I would like to stop and ask myself - why, what for, where am I going.....
Sometimes it's happennig for a while and I wonder....
But then "the world" is calling me. Will also 2010 pass as a example of these mechanisms?
We will see....
I am curious to see all new adventures, new emotions and surprises that 2010 will gives me....
But till then, I will celebrate TODAY!!

Happy New Year!
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Felice Anno Nuovo!

Retreat in Lake Tahoe with Rigpa and Sogyal Rinpoche

For the first time I had pleasure to take part in retreat with Sogyal Ripoche and all retreatants - members of Rigpa USA. It was amazing event for me which changed my life. I met many wonderful people who were so kind, frank, real and compassioned. I really felt, like Sogyal Rinpoche had told, as a part of the big family. I had many interesting conversations about happiness, about our life expectations, about death...
And finally, My first live teaching with My Master who were speaking to me... It was evident..
Very important for me was part about meditation and about our Nature of Mind. I believe that during this teaching I touch my nature of mind and it was so moving.
Now, as I come back to Italy, I try to practice every day, I try to find peace inside me and bring my mind home...

Dziękuje Sogyal Rinpoche.

If you want to see some of His teachings:

And my View on Tahoe Lake