I have browse through several pages.
To be frank with everyone, currently, I am not whole-heartedly
seeking enlightenment. I am a free-thinker in this lifetime and I
do not agree 100% with buddhists’ teachings.
For example, some people believes that the physical
body+emotions+thoughts are defilements that should be identified
and discarded. From enlightened beings sense, it may be true as
anything there is not pure is an obstacle to enlightenment.
But from my point of view, everyone is both enlightened and on
the path to enlightenment, is just a matter how you look at it and
what is the purpose of the being being incarnated into this world
at this period of time.
If you think you are incarnated into this world and your only
purpose is to gain enlightenment, then seriously, you are at the
wrong place. You should be at Buddha Pureland or become a monk/nun
right now. There must be some other reasons why you here at this
place, at this time other than 100% directly seeking
enlightenment.
Why I encourage everyone to practice meditation is because this
period of time is very crucial and critical for Earth’s Ascension.
Just imagine everyday, there are billions of people producing
rubbish and more rubbish and there is less then 10% of the people
trying very very hard to clean up the mess… If everyone of us join
hands and start cleaning up the mess, it will be way much easier
and better for all of us.
The most important reasons for practising Buddhism is the
realisation of suffering within the samsaric existence. The
reason Buddhism is suitable for most humans is the absence of
overwhelming distraction of suffering and pleasure. Ideally, a
balance of awareness of suffering and the pleasure of leisureliness
to contemplate.
Buddhism is based on focused concentration and awareness,
that I believe you are aware of.
On your take of physical body, emotions and thoughts
as defilements, is that when identified and lumped together,
"I"or "Me "arises, and is the cause of suffering due to the duality
of "I" and others.
If one were a Varjayana practitioner, one would not shun away
from the body, emotions and thoughts, but a vessel for practising
awareness and arousing compassion. It all depends on the skillful
means of practice.
All mind is originally pure, of Buddha nature, hence the term
ordinary mind , primordial etc. Due the formation of I,
constant craving, attachment, delusional view sets in.
With the delusional mind, we do not have mental stillness,
acting and reacting to our inner and external detractors.Why do you
advocate meditation, when things are "satisfactory" as it is?
Of cause it is not, that why you are doing something(meditation)
about it!
Another thing is the difference between the concept of rebirth
and reincarnation. When the "I' was strong in me(relative), it is
easy to believe in the immortal "I", and look for the reason for my
existence. However, we live and we die irregardless of our
beliefs.
I do not know or understand what earth ascension means, but it's
ok . Although the mess we are in might not get worse to the point
of intolerance within my life, what is important is we have
compassion and awareness of suffering our individual and collective
action it causes.
Gaining enlightenment is an aspiration, some are actively
seeking it within this life time, some are not. But again, there is
no time like NOW is'nt it. We plant the aspiration like a
indestructible seed, hoping it will germinate and flower later now.
Some sprout immediately, some, later. But if we do not even
plant a seed...
We are here because we exist as an individual "I" and we cling,
claw and slash and feed in order to exist, this is life is'nt it?
Look around, sentients are struggling for their existence and a
piece of dirt. Whether we look for a higher purpose or not,
it is fundamentally us.. Do the right things, we thrive and go one
up(upper realms), do the wrong things life can be hell.
One either learns to be content and accept the suffering
of samsara, or one can yoke one's dissatisfaction, and bring the
ceaseless samsaric existence to an end!
One thing about being born into Pureland, is also about being
born as a Bodhisattva, is that eventually, the aspiration of a
Bodhisattva will ripen.