¹Five Chapters

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.

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   ¹Sogyal Rinpoche, pg 31-2 of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying