Getting unstuck?

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Its nice to know that delusions have very little to do with our being.

They are only ours because we claim them. We say, "Oh yes, that is MY anger" instead of "What? I am angry? But I have no interest in anger. It has nothing to do with me." and simply washing our hands of it.

For instance, if some small child you did not know sneezed on you, you wouldn't say, "Oh, well, this is my snot, I'll just wear it"

NO!

You would say (perhaps just to yourself),
YUK!!!! This is not mine. Get it off me as quickly as possible.

Yeah, sort of like that.

What, anger? Yuk, get it off me!

I think some obstacles are like that too. They are only there because you claim them. You take them seriously and you say, "Oh, yes, this is the way I am -- this is me." When the correct things would be to say, (say it with me)

"Yuk, get it off me."

And boy do I have an obstacle. I think I mentioned that. Remember when I wasn't laughing? Yeah, I found a horrible slimy little obstacle that clings like mold on my nice inner process. Talk about boogers. [Do you know I don't think I have ever said that word -- and I rarely say snot. I am going to have put a disclaimer on this blog if I keep talking that way -- after all, you probably want to know about the laughing yoginis]. Anyway, back to boogers.


How do you spell it - its not in the spell checker?

OK, OK, Let's get the booger story over with so we can get on to the more interesting topics.

Did you know there are several marvelous techniques for disclaiming and disengaging from crummy delusions (and some obstacles) that you encounter? Now, the hokey pokey may deserve a cameo appearance here in the blog, but its not one I use for this. There are others. But none of the usual seemed to work.

So today when Rinpoche helped me begin to elude this thing that is so inconveniently stuck to me, I was very thankful.

Boy its gross. Someone hand me another hanky.

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