On 05/05/2005 while mediating an argument between two friends, I channeled (quite unexpectedly) the following message:
“Choose five. Pick five to let go of. Pick five to hold onto and stand for. If you can do this you will both be blessed.”
My friends had always (stubbornly) refused to compromise their perspective on a handful of “root issues” which would inevitably cause reoccurring arguments between them.
I understood immediately that the term “five” ascribed to in the message was referring to unreasonable convictions or dogmas, which I elaborated to my friends.
The inherent wisdom of the message struck a chord with both of my friends and seemed to help free them from their previously rigid vantage points. (One friend in particular, actually wrote the message down and had it posted on her bedroom door for several years.)
A few days after this event occurred, I was checking my email account for the previous week’s mail.
Imagine my surprise upon opening the “Daily Buddhist Wisdom” email I received from www.beliefnet.com for Thursday 05/05/2005 (it was received at 5:55 p.m.) The quote for that day was:
370} Cut through five, let go of five, & develop five above all. A monk gone past five attachments is said to have crossed the flood.
(From Dhammapada; the Path of Dhamma / Dhp XXV: {Dhp 360-382} Bhikkhuvagga – “The Monk” or “Monks” as translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.)
Below is an alternate translation of the same text (by Acharya Buddharakkhita.)
370} Cut off the five, abandon the five, and cultivate the five. The monk who has overcome the five bonds is called one who has crossed the flood.
December 19, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: buddhism, channeling, nonfiction, Paranormal, spirit, Spirituality | Leave a comment
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