When there is gratitude and satisfaction, even the desire to seek enlightenment can disappear.

2022-01-29 記
Topic: :スピリチュアル: 瞑想録

That satisfaction is, in a sense, close to perfection, and it is sufficient in itself, with nothing lacking, and simply overflowing with satisfaction and gratitude. Therefore, there is no desire for anything more, and even the desire for enlightenment disappears, and only satisfaction continues, creating a blissful state.

Gratitude and satisfaction are also a form of love, but it is not a love that is directed towards a specific object; it is a love that arises from the depths of one's being, and it is, in a sense, a "reasonless" love. Because it is reasonless, this love continues to flow without interruption, and although, in human experience, there is certainly a "beginning," it can be metaphorically said to have "no beginning" because it started without a reason. However, to say that it has no beginning may be misleading, so it is probably better to say that it is "reasonless."

Sensory experience suggests that this love has continued since the dawn of time and will continue into the infinite future. Therefore, in terms of sensory experience, it is correct to say that it has "no beginning" and "no end," but human understanding cannot comprehend such a thing, so it is better to express it as "reasonless." In other words, it is a love that is metaphorically without beginning and end, and that exists constantly without a reason. When we speak of love, it is like that, but in terms of sensory experience, it manifests as gratitude and satisfaction.

When this reasonless love exists, it is filled with gratitude and satisfaction, and when that happens, there is no desire for anything, and there is no lack, and even the desire for enlightenment disappears, and in that state, one can truly be satisfied.

Often, in discussions about enlightenment, it is said that "even the desire for enlightenment must disappear." In a sense, this state embodies that. Because one is completely satisfied, and one can feel gratitude for a considerable portion of the environment in which one exists and the daily life one encounters, it seems that even the "desire for enlightenment" has become something trivial, or something that is continued out of habit, or something that is continued only by instinct.

Even if one continues to walk the path of morality or enlightenment, it is, in a sense, only the result of karma in this lifetime. Karma is a type of karma that continues from the time of birth until death, and it is through this karma that one continues to walk the path of seeking enlightenment.

This feeling of satisfaction and gratitude is so strong, and it seems that gratitude is stronger than satisfaction, and that satisfaction comes from gratitude. Therefore, it seems that gratitude comes first, and that daily life is a continuous series of gratitude. Gratitude has become much stronger than the pursuit of enlightenment, and it seems that gratitude itself is the truth, and that there is no need to even think about the truth, and that all you need to do is be grateful.

However, while I can think of it as a destination, I think that, as the Buddhist scriptures say, it is a goal. But as a method of practice, simply "being grateful" is quite difficult, and I think that various methods are necessary. However, I understand this intellectually, but now I am starting to lose interest in the process, and I feel that I am deeply immersed in the state of being in a continuous state of gratitude, which is the destination.