Rabia's Needle and Ten Friends Counting

Published: Sat, 05/06/23

Rabia's Needle and Ten Friends Counting

Last week we took a deep dive into some Navajo stories that show how to be a good human being. This week we have two Zen stories that point directly to who we are. They are so obvious... it's funny. And that's the point. These stories percolate down into the brain and let reality and mysticism bubble up. That's why I love Zen.

Listen to learn

If you’re listening to the native teachings I've been passing, and you agree with it all, or you think you already know this and are nodding your head, it’s likely that you’re missing the point. You’re learning something if you think (faceplant), “I didn’t think of that before. That’s obvious, but I didn’t see it. I didn’t know …

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Make a Decision

You can immediately change your life right now, right this very minute, by making the decision that you are on a spiritual search not for yourself but for everyone and everything else.

Simple Simple Simple

Non-duality simply says that you are not separate. The ocean of thoughts, that it feels like you’re constantly living in, is just waves running up on a beach. They do exist, but they are not you. They make you feel like you’re separate, and that’s why it’s good to examine them. Zen just simply says …

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Ten Friends Counting

Okay… so there were these ten friends. Way back in the land of Zen, a long time ago, before cars or anything like that. They decided to go on a journey. So they got everything they needed and off they went. They are walking along and they come up to this big river. The only …

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You are You

Every one of these Zen stories point exactly to what we’re talking about in enlightenment teachings. You are trying to find yourself. The question is, “Who are you?” This one points directly at it (pun intended.) In this week’s story it’s glaringly obvious. The ten friends are in a circle counting themselves. They start around: …

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Projecting ourselves

It is really astonishing how much energy is put into projecting ourselves onto things that we are not.

Rabia’s Needle

So one day Rabia was out in the Village Square. She was on her hands and knees, crawling around, gasping and crying. “Oh no! I’ve lost it! I’ve lost it!” All the village people came running to help. Obviously she was in such distress. They asked, “Rabia what’s wrong?” Rabia said, “I’ve lost my needle. …

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Spiritual Magic

Okay. We live in a time where we don’t really need spiritual magic, because we are already surrounded by so much magic like. For instance, you can fly. All you got to do is get on a plane.

Look where it is

Rabia was a mystic in the 1st century. All these years later we really aren’t any different. Rabia was trying to show the people in the village that you have to look for a thing where it is. You’re not gonna find it looking for it where it’s not. That’s exactly what non-duality is telling …

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