Floyd Fantelli joins Bozeman Insight Community via Zoom on August 24 with a talk entitled “Practicing Before Your Hair Catches on Fire.”
There’s a saying in Buddhist teachings that you should practice like your hair is on fire. But the more I think about this, I think it should say “ Practice before your hair catches fire”. Because sooner or later your hair WILL catch fire. All of us will have our hair on fire at some point in our lives. You or your loved one will get a serious illness. Your loved ones will die. You may lose your job, or a relationship may end. Is there a way to practice that we can fall back on when our hair catches fire?
This is why we practice. Yes, of course it helps us live a life worth living; with kindness, compassion, and non grasping. But can we prepare for these painful times so that when our hair catches fire, we have some practice tools to deal with the these painful situations. So that’s what I want to talk about on our Sangha night. How do we practice now and how we can use this practice when things catch fire? I hope you can join me. Floyd
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