Riches

The gems of my longings in the biggest little city in the world. I stopped in Reno for a quick look around and was reminded of how the Divine is playful and truths are placed like crumbs for Hansel and Gretel in the most unexpected places, like a Jägermeister label along a river path.  

Years ago, I went on a tour of the stunning Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain. As I gazed up at an extravagant chandelier overhead, I thought about how the King probably could never have dreamed that common people, dressed in T-shirts and jeans, would one day be buying water bottles and mouse pads screen printed with his crown and crawling like ants all over his kingdom. 

The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, the awakened mind, once understood by a rare few, is available to all of us. When the Communists invaded Tibet, the shattering of a country unexpectedly brought access to sacred teachings for the entire world. Once hidden jewels that hold infinite value. I think of Nyonindo where, for thousands of years, women hiked steep mountains just to get a glimpse of the inner holy temples from the outer edge of the forest. While today, on the internet, one inner world can be heard by the whole outer world at once.