Stay with Present with Clarity

Coming out Nyungne practice this morning, I was peaceful. Then I saw two segments of rainbows in the sky.  It was a quite clear day and the Sun was big. It would be rare to see rainbows on such conditions.  So I immediately thought it might be a sign and a "smile" from the sky for our practice.  I pointed the rainbows to other attendees. Subconciously, I was telling them it was special.

In the afternoon, a Dharma friend called.  I mentioned the rainbow to her.  She immediately pointed out that my mind was not pure and were making noise and grasping.

I was very thankful to her.  Right, we normally live a day with so many imaginary mental constructions and believe they are all real.  As a Dharma practitioner, we practice to reduce these constructions.  But today coming to the rainbow, I was not aware what I was doing.  The Nyungen practice provided us a period of time when we can keep really simple mind, be with the present, and stay in the clarity of our mind.  I was very grateful that I had such an opportunity.  The Dharma friend reminded me that I need to be aware of making connections such as the example of the raibbow.  It is what it is, nothing more, nothing less.

Stay with present with clarity.