June 7, 2012 an easy 13 mile meditative run and the enlightened said something
funny and think about “We have forgotten all honesty. Out of fear we have
become dishonest, out of fear we have become false. Out of fear we follow the
crowd and become phony. Out of fear we wear masks so that we look like
everybody else — and we are not like everybody else. Everybody is unique;
nobody is like anybody else. We have fallen below the animals as far as honesty
is concerned.
An individual was planning a
vacation and did not know what to do with his collie. He wrote to the resort
hotel and asked if dogs were allowed. He received this answer from the manager:
“Dear sir, I have been in the hotel business for over thirty years. Never yet
have I had to call in the police to eject a disorderly dog in the small hours
of the morning. No dog has ever attempted to pass off a bad cheque on me. Never
has a dog set the bedclothes afire through smoking. I have never found a hotel
towel in a dog’s suitcase. Certainly, your dog is welcome. If he will vouch for
you, you can come too.”
Of course, a dishonest life cannot be a life of bliss. You think you are
deceiving others; you are simply destroying yourself and destroying all
possibilities of growth, because growth comes through sincerity, honesty,
authenticity. Growth comes through accepting your truth in its total nudity.
And then life is certainly a joy, and then life is certainly bliss.
