Stupid, Crazy or Full of It?

"Many people try to find a spiritual path where they do not have to face themselves but where they can still liberate themselves ~ liberate themselves from themselves, in fact. In truth, this is impossible. We cannot do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to see our gut, our real shit, our most undesirable parts. We have to see that. That is the foundation of warriorship and the basis of conquering fear. We have to face our fear; we have to look at it, study it, work with it, and practice meditation with it."

-- Trungpa Rinpoche


I saw a clip of comedian George Carlin who asserts that within 8 seconds we can normally figure out whether someone is stupid. But then, it takes about the same time to realize that someone is in fact fairly intelligent, but is just full of it. The third group then is neither stupid nor full of it, but really crazy!

I am a big believer of jumping into life’s messiness. That’s the only way how we can figure out what we are truly are all about. How easy it is to share good sounding memes on FB, or lecture others and feel enlightened. Yet, when life throws problems at us, that’s when we realize what we truly are all about.

Ram Dass once said, ‘so you think you are so enlightened, go and spend a weekend with your old folks’. How true! You know what, it is ok to be out of balance, deluded, and sometimes even full of it. As long as we are mindful of who we think we are we have a shot at realizing who we truly are.