Universal Autobiography
1.
“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost … I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
2.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I’m in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
3.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit
My eyes are open I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
4.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I walk around it.
5.
I walk down another street.”
— Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
✨2 Day Mindfulness and eating Teacher training for Mindfulness trainers, March 12 & 19, 2021 and November 3 & 10, 2022, guided by Maartje Stroeken for I AM SeeTrue Mindfulness.