Regardless of what others, or our own ego, would have us believe, there is only one reason for our present circumstance, and only one way to change it. That is to reconnect with Buddha...which we call Amida: our source, our true self, our Original Nature.

Enlightenment does not come through the right sect. It does not come through the right organization, lineage or priesthood. It does not come from belonging to the right church, synagogue or temple. It comes from you. It is your gift to yourself. It is your inheritance. It is yours . No organization or person can give it to you. No priesthood or ordination can ensure it. Books, Services, Sermons, Ways and Practices have no more value than a pointing finger, no more reliability than your own sense of direction.

Realize that reaching your goal is your responsibility, and it belongs to no one else. If you think otherwise, or if someone or some sect tells you otherwise - and you believe it - there is no one to blame in the end but yourself for your delusions and dissatisfaction.

If this were not so, the world would be overrun with fully enlightened Buddhists, purely sanctified Christians, Moslems, and Jews, with Holy men and women of all persuasions crowding the marketplace. Many claim to be, yet very few are since even the priesthoods of these disparate "forms" can not agree on much of anything. If the leaders can not agree, how can their followers?

Yet the reality is simple: You are the Door. Open it!

Choose your Way, and be responsible for your choice. Then practice! Be loving and be compassionate towards others, regardless of their 'form', for as you think and do, so will your creations be. Most of all, be loving and compassionate with yourself. Everything begins and ends with you. This is the cultivation of ORIGINAL NATURE, the liberation of ENDLESS LIGHT.


This is the essence of all Dharma.

Cardinal In Winter - foto de Alberto Armijo, pecos, nm

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