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it was about ten inches long! It was incredible! Suzy got really scared. Her eyes got big and her mouth fell open and she started saying, `MY GOD!' and stuff like that. She said it was the biggest one she had ever seen!
"Anyway, Suzy got braver and tried to kill it by biting its head off! I guess it bit her back, because suddenly she made a noise and let go. Then she grabbed it with both hands and held it tight while Herbert took a plastic muzzle from his pocket and put it over the snake's head to keep it from biting again.
"Then Suzy and Herbert lay back on the sofa and tried to squash the snake between them. But the snake put up a hell of a fight. They both started groaning and squealing and almost turned over the sofa! And after a long struggle they finally stopped and gave a big sigh.
"When Herbert got up, I could tell that the snake was dead. It was all limp and just hanging there.
"You know, Sally, I think they are the bravest people I know."
"Why is that?" asks Sally.
"Because," replies Ernie, "as Herbert was leaving, he and Sally decided to do the same thing again next week!"
Nivedano...
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Nivedano...
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Be silent. Close your eyes. Feel your body to be completely frozen. Now look inwards with your total consciousness, with an urgency as if this is the last moment, and pierce into the very center of your being.
Your center is also the center of the universe. We are all connected at the center. On the circumference we have different personalities.
Deeper and deeper.
This is your very life source. Go deep into it, it will refresh you, rejuvenate you. It will bring freedom to you from all the nonsense that societies have poured into your mind.
This moment you are the buddha. Just witnessing, doing nothing -- the same mirror that Isan has sent to Kyozan as a gift. The mirror only witnesses.
To make it clear,
Nivedano...
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Relax and witness the body is separate from you, the mind is separate from you. Your only identity is witnessing. The Sanskrit word for witnessing is buddha.
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