“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep.” Rumi
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There is a story in Buddhist lore about how rare it is to be born a human being. Imagine that the entire planet consisted of oceans — and that in the depths swam a lone turtle. Somewhere on the planet is a ring floating on the surface. The odds of being born a human are akin to the odds of that turtle coming up to the surface and poking its head through the ring.
Once your head is through the ring — have the courage the look around. Bask in the radiance of the air and the sunlight. After coming up for air — don’t take solace in the depths of the ocean anymore. Don’t go back to sleep. Have the confidence to really abide in the present condition of being illuminated.
“Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?”-Khalil Gibran
Of course the turtle is blinded by the light — of course it wishes to return to the comfortable…
