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Chapter 49

           Sean’sfatherlistenedwithmildinterest,watchingthefireinthehearth,smokinghispipe.Hedidn’tspeakatalluntilSeansaid,"Da-thismeditationstuff,it’scrucialforteachingserenity.Itcanreallysaveyourlife.Itteachesyouhowtoquietyourmind."

           Hisfatherturnedtohimandsaidkindly,"Ihaveaquietmindalready,son,"thenresumedhisgazeonthefire.

           ButIdon’t.NordoesSean.Manyofusdon’t.Manyofuslookintothefireandseeonlyinferno.IneedtoactivelylearnhowtodowhatSean’sfather,itseems,wasbornknowing-howto,asWaltWhitmanoncewrote,stand"apartfromthepullingandhauling…amused,complacent,compassionating,idle,unitary…bothinandoutofthegameandwatchingandwonderingatitall."Insteadofbeingamused,though,I’monlyanxious.Insteadofwatching,I’malwaysprobingandinterfering.TheotherdayinprayerIsaidtoGod,"Look-Iunderstandthatanunexaminedlifeisnotworthliving,butdoyouthinkIcouldsomedayhaveanunexaminedlunch?"

           BuddhistlorehasastoryaboutthemomentsthatfollowedtheBuddha’stranscendenceintoenlightenment.When-afterthirty-ninedaysofmeditation-theveilofillusionfinallyfellawayandthetrueworkingsoftheuniversewererevealedtothegreatmaster,hewasreportedtohaveopenedhiseyesandsaidimmediately,"Thiscannotbetaught."Butthenhechangedhismind,decidedthathewouldgooutintotheworld,afterall,andattempttoteachthepracticeofmeditationtoasmallhandfulofstudents.

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