Baggage

[PureInsight.org] Every person
has many things he can't let go of.  These things will become a
burden attached to that person. The heavier the burden, the slower one
can walk.



But people cannot feel the burden on their back. On the contrary, these
burdens are important to them. They cannot be separated from them and
they are unwilling to give them up. When they lose them, they suffer
great pain.



The things in each person's baggage can be different and the size may
also be different. Some walk as if they have wings on their cultivation
path; some are slow. When one's baggage is too heavy, they naturally
cannot walk fast. What is in the baggage? It contains desires for money
and fame, human feelings, ego, taste preferences, lust, and the
concepts formed during one's life and viewed as correct. In any case,
they are the human bonds of emotions and sensory pleasures.



People always live according to their own patterns. They want to be
distinct from others. They love to get more. They expect to be better
than others. They only want to listen to the things pleasant to their
ears. They like to be comfortable. This is human. Being human is just
like that.



People are kind to others in order to gain something from others or do
bad things to others because of being afraid of losing something.
People would rather others suffer or die rather than give up their
baggage.



But all these things do not belong to them, regardless of what they
think. The only function of this baggage is to lock onto them. These
things can even overwhelm them. When people die, the things they cannot
let go of will not go with them. People waste their whole lives
pursuing the baggage, but their debts will always follow them.



In the end, what do they gain?



Some carry heavy baggage and it makes them breathless. When they want
to untie them, they don't have the strength to move. Some people's
baggage is so tangled up that even when they untie one piece, they are
still tied up by others.



When they get tired, they are still willing to carry the baggage. They moan and groan, but they still do not want to unload it.



These filthy materials from the human dimension cannot be carried to
heaven. Humans always pursue happiness, but no one can escape the
miseries of human life. Only cultivation can free them from the
suffering. Only by giving up all these things can one obtain the
happiness of reaching the other shore.



Translated from:

http://zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2007/11/8/49243p.html