It's really a classic meditation principle to go toward the difficulty we experience instead of away from it.“The cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it—and gets through it faster. When I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.”
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I actually didn't think cows did run away from a storm. I thought they tended to stand still patiently and let it ride over the top of them. Which I suppose you could also interpret as a principle of meditation? ...
ReplyDeleteI like cows. Very soothing to look at.
You can only take a metaphor so far... but I wonder if it says anything about buffalo that they also were virtually extinct until they were revived as a more or less domesticated species. For consumption. Hmm.
ReplyDeletesteveoftulsa, I might be wrong but I thought the reason buffalo nearly became extinct was because they were relentlessly hunted, so I can't help feeling that says less about buffalo and more about the human species.
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