Chapter 1, page 3 paragraph
A variety of thoughts immediately rushed through Rinpoche's mind.I am going to die! How is it possible for men to so easily sink to thelowest hellish states and stop seeing people as human anymore? He hadthoughts of Nazis taking Jews to concentration camps. He replaced fearwith breathing and watching. He refused to be part of this film playingout before him and decided just to watch as a third person for whomthese events were unfolding from a distance. This, he thought, was thechallenge of this situation. Experience, all experience, is part of learning.
In this chapter, Rinpoche finds himself in a situation where his understandings about himself will now be tested to the extreme. In this moment, one immediate thought comes to mind and that is the possibility of dying shortly. This I imagine would be an immediate thought of one placed in that situation. A variety of thoughts start to fill his mind and we see that Rinpoche allows himself to also think about some philosophical aspects as he tries to come to terms with the situation he finds himself in. Finally, he is able to fall back onto his training and self conditioning by removing himself from the mundane image of self and viewing the person, in this case Rinpoche as a third person. This can be a good practice to undertake in daily life which requires you to view your concept of self from outside your shell. It can help you to take yourself away from daily action without consciousness and to become conscious for a moment on your reality in each moment. It assists in being able to view present time, your place in it which can lead to a calm state of mind in all kinds of situations. A calm mind has the flow-on-effect of a calm body allowing for energy to flow well throughout which can lead to better physical health. Finally Rinpoche rests in the idea that all experience is learning, if you want to feel a sense life possibly holding some meaning and while also offering you a solution to the question relating to why negative things can happen, you can use this thought. Without the bad in life, we would never know what is good. From our mistakes and mistakes of others, we can know something new that may end up being valuable information in the future strengthening your ability to deal with a wider variety of life's scenarios....that's if you allow them to.
In this chapter, Rinpoche finds himself in a situation where his understandings about himself will now be tested to the extreme. In this moment, one immediate thought comes to mind and that is the possibility of dying shortly. This I imagine would be an immediate thought of one placed in that situation. A variety of thoughts start to fill his mind and we see that Rinpoche allows himself to also think about some philosophical aspects as he tries to come to terms with the situation he finds himself in. Finally, he is able to fall back onto his training and self conditioning by removing himself from the mundane image of self and viewing the person, in this case Rinpoche as a third person. This can be a good practice to undertake in daily life which requires you to view your concept of self from outside your shell. It can help you to take yourself away from daily action without consciousness and to become conscious for a moment on your reality in each moment. It assists in being able to view present time, your place in it which can lead to a calm state of mind in all kinds of situations. A calm mind has the flow-on-effect of a calm body allowing for energy to flow well throughout which can lead to better physical health. Finally Rinpoche rests in the idea that all experience is learning, if you want to feel a sense life possibly holding some meaning and while also offering you a solution to the question relating to why negative things can happen, you can use this thought. Without the bad in life, we would never know what is good. From our mistakes and mistakes of others, we can know something new that may end up being valuable information in the future strengthening your ability to deal with a wider variety of life's scenarios....that's if you allow them to.
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