Saturday, June 11

I rediscovered Buddhism in this life

when I was about twenty. For those 

of you that don't 'believe" in reincar-

nation, the Tibetans have a saying:

"If you want to see your past lives,

look at this one. If you want to see 

your future lives, look at this one."

Of course, future lives can be miti-

gated by actions in this life...good

actions create good karma...evil

actions have evil results. Our propen-

sities, the situations we're born into,

are always inherited. The only way to 

liberate karma completely is through

the practice of meditation. All the 

visions of plant medicine, ibogane, LSD,

peyote, ayahuasca, DMT, don't alter

karma. They widen one's perspective

temporarily, but one always comes back

to square one.

It's rainy season...great showers last 

night...the roof in my bedroom didn't leak.

I guess they fixed it this time. The electricity

went out after the first quarter of the fourth

game of the NBA finals. I missed the rest of

the game...there's always something. I love

the rainy season...listening to the thunder 

and rain on my roof...watching the lightning

get closer and closer.

I love Basho's lines: "Living in the world...

floating on the waves of the lake." It's how

I feel these days. When I was born, I woke

up drowning in my Albee dysfunctional family.

The good news is there was nothing in it I 

could believe in or trust, so, I had to find the

truth for myself. Fortunate karmic inheritance

and what led me to Buddhism

I don't often ponder my successes or failures

of this life and have no regrets. Buddhism 

taught me to be present and always act for

the benefit of everyone in a given situation,

which helped me make some difficult decisions.

As is said, the proof is in the pudding, and the 

way my life feels now tells me I did the right thing.

Moving to Mexico was one of the best decisions

I ever made. I slowed down incredibly from rat

race America....much worse now than it was 

when I came here. The people around me don't 

have much, don't do much, and aren't going 

anywhere. All they have is the life in front of them.

They celebrate all the time with fiestas. They 

don't plan much for the future, so, when you see

them, they don't look like they're going some-

where else. They don't have a lot, so, they're not

always looking for more.

Chile relieno, fijoles, arroz for breakfast. Market

is damp from rain the night before. Someone is

singing and playing guitar...life all around me.

"If you want to see the future, look at the present."

I'll get pizza later.