Question: What does an enlightened man do when he spills a cup of coffee?
Answer: He cleans it up.
Angels exist honestly and spontaneously in the now. Angels are not interested in being right—angels are interested in _being_. Angels trust that solutions come when solutions are needed. Because angels accept what cannot be changed, they have the power to change what they can, according to the will of God. Angels are not into shame or blame, and they never complain. Angels do not bemoan a past that has already happened. Angels wisely understand that it is “no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” *
Question: What does an unenlightened person do when he spills a cup of coffee?
Answer: I think we all know the answer to this, since we are all asleep. We all know what we do when we drop something, break something, make a mistake. You know what you do inside yourself, or what your thoughts do to you. You know what happens to your emotions. You know how your identification with thoughts and reactions keeps the wheel of karma spinning. And spinning. How it keeps thoughts spinning. How one wrong reaction leads to another. You know all this. So keep this in mind:
Question: What does an enlightened man do when he spills a cup of coffee?
Answer: He cleans it up.
The end
* W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English novelist. “It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” --Of Human Bondage
Answer: He cleans it up.
Angels exist honestly and spontaneously in the now. Angels are not interested in being right—angels are interested in _being_. Angels trust that solutions come when solutions are needed. Because angels accept what cannot be changed, they have the power to change what they can, according to the will of God. Angels are not into shame or blame, and they never complain. Angels do not bemoan a past that has already happened. Angels wisely understand that it is “no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” *
Question: What does an unenlightened person do when he spills a cup of coffee?
Answer: I think we all know the answer to this, since we are all asleep. We all know what we do when we drop something, break something, make a mistake. You know what you do inside yourself, or what your thoughts do to you. You know what happens to your emotions. You know how your identification with thoughts and reactions keeps the wheel of karma spinning. And spinning. How it keeps thoughts spinning. How one wrong reaction leads to another. You know all this. So keep this in mind:
Question: What does an enlightened man do when he spills a cup of coffee?
Answer: He cleans it up.
The end
* W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English novelist. “It’s no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.” --Of Human Bondage
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