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Now you’re talkin! Namaste and hugs are tangential to the topic, but fit well enough perhaps.

Namaste, the Buddha in me bowing to the Buddha in you. Consider looking past the skeptical goop you’ve thrown up, and notice there is no gavel in my hand. Namaste, the bow, is holding the recognition that buddha-nature is arising in ourselves and those we bow to. Somewhere behind whatever masks and personalities people offer and put forward, there is an awake, powerful force waiting to bloom, and inside us is the same force, an aspect of nature singing through us. When we let it, aren’t distracted, aren’t self-grasping, and sing what comes to heart and mind with courage and vulnerability, miracles can happen, grace.

The *hugs*, or the vulnerability of a brother embracing his brother, is genuine and heartfelt. It’s the willingness to answer the cry for help, dismantle the burp, and see connection restored. This ties directly into emotional mastery, because unconditional love is more than just a feeling, its a promise, uncompromising. You aren’t pixels on a screen, you’re my brother, brother. See the twinkle? You asked a question about a topic, I sung notions that came to heart, and you responded as you did. Breathing in your new response, I sung notions that came to heart. And again.

Consider also the reference to taste bud mastery. If we eat an orange, are familiar with oranges, we know exactly the kind of tree it came from. Never an apple tree. Never a grape vine. Nature is harmonious in that way. When we give up our self-obsession, and give up our desire to be seen favorably by anyone, it really becomes quite simple. Ahhhh, an orange! So, what’s up with the orange tree?

With warmth,
Matt
http://www.compassreadings.net