Aim High

I’m off to not one but two medical appointments today. As
inconvenient at that seems, it felt like an utter impossibility a
few days ago. That was when I received two very confusing
insurance letters that appeared to be imitating Seinfeld’s
soup nazi by declaring “No doctors for you!”


I wasted no time, and promptly felt fear. Isn’t amazing how
diabolically efficient our brainstems can be when it comes to
those ancient drives to fight, flee or faint?


Now, I know you are far too wise to ask, “gosh Lama Jigme,
did you really feel fear?” Yes, I know you are far too
insightful to ask that because I have frequently written that
who we are is NOT determined by what we feel, BUT rather
by what we do with what we feel.


And of course that begs the question, “O.K. tough guy, what
did you do?” I’ll tell you what I did… but first I’ll tell you what
I did NOT do. I did NOT pour my time and energy:
into getting rid of the sensation of fear
into getting rid of the fearful circumstances
into increasing feelings of peace
or manifesting the ideal situation.


Many years ago, during the early days of my Buddhist
training, I was the Manifestation Kid. I squandered huge
amounts of time and energy with that foolishness. Luckily
my patient teachers persisted in reminding me that if I
simply Aimed High, that if I simply performed Buddha’s
highest mental yogas after choosing the highest motivations
then all the manifold details would work themselves out in
the most wonderful way.


How? How could we do that? Easy! Simply embrace:
the power of Love
and the wisdom of Letting-go.


“Blah, blah, blah; Lama Jigme! Those are nice words, but
how could I apply them?” you might ask.


Easy! First take away everyone’s fear using the mental
yoga on page 17 of “Quick Path to Happy Peace.” Then
explore the non-graspable nature of both fear as well as the
compassion that seeks to save other’s from it’s sufferings
by using the “Essential Meditation” found on page 10.


Have some fun with it. First evaluate the strength of your
fear on a scale of 0 to 10. Then perform 6 repetitions of
“Essential Taking” followed by 6 repetitions of “Essential
Meditation.” Then repeat the process:
#1 evaluate,
#2 take everyone’s painful fear and
#3 let go.


Perform the three step process again and again. Until your
fear finally evaluates as a zero. How many minuets could that take:
30, 20, 10?


Then share it’s opposite experience, peace, with everyone
else. Again you’ll begin by evaluating how much peace you
feel on a scale of 0 to 10. Then I recommend that you use
the mental yoga found on page 25. After 6 repetitions of that
go back to page 10 and perform 6 more repetitions of
“Essential Meditation.” And in a similar manner as before,
repeat the three step cycle of:
#1 evaluate,
#2 give everyone the peace you desire and
#3 let go.


That is exactly what I did, and it all worked out even better
then I could have imagined. What are some of the reasons
it could work for you too?


Your success with these three powerful yogas hinges on
your comfort and skill at mentally and silently reciting the
Mani-mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum.” That is why
“Mastering the Mani” is so important, that is why I’ve made
this course available as an audio CD, and that is why I’m
offering it for a reduced donation; but just for this month only.
So get yours at
http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html


Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika