Today, I finished reading The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Strategies for Managing Your Business and Your Life
by Geshe Michael Roach.
Geshe Michael Roach is a fully ordained Buddhist monk who received his geshe (master of Buddhism) degree from Sera Mey Tibetan Monastery after twenty-two years of study.
In The Diamond Cutter, Geshe Michael Roach shares his story of being in The Diamond Cutter Business as well as the most up to date translation of The Diamond Cutter - a conversation with The Buddha.
Geshe Michael Roach talks primarily about the Emptiness of Life, which can take on any prespective we place upon it.
The Emptiness of Life states that “What Is” is Empty of any ideas.
The Emptiness of Life states that people can attach any idea onto “What Is”.
The Emptiness of Life states this concept is “True” because if it were not, everyone would experience everything in the exact same way.
On page 84, Geshe Michael Roach writes [copyright © 2000 Geshe Michael Roach]:
… correlations between specific actions, their imprints, and what they make you see. We can summarize them as follows:
1) In order to see yourself do well in business and prosper financially, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by maintaining a generous state of mind.
2) In order to see yourself in a world which is just generally a very happy place, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by maintaining a very ethical way of life.
3) In order to see yourself as physically healthy and attractive, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by refusing to ever get angry.
4) In order to see yourself as a leader in both your personal life and in business, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by taking joy in constructive and helpful actions.
5) In order to see yourself able to focus your mind steadily, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by practicing deep states of concentration, or meditation.
6) In order to see yourself freed from a world where things don’t work the way you want them to, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by learning the principles of hidden potential and mental imprints.
7) In order to see yourself get all your ever wished for, and see others get all they ever wished for as well, plant imprints for this in your subconscious by cultivating an attitude of compassion towards others.
From my understanding of Geshe Michael Roach’s sharing …
Life is less of a mirror. ie: I lie => you lie => I lie
Life is more of a projector. ie: If I believe that people lie => I will perceive you as lying
Life is a lot like gardening. ie: Every moment we plant a seed => that grows and blooms over time.
Whatever seed we plant, will be projected onto life and eventualy bloom in my life experience.
So the seven concepts above could be written as follows:
1. Every moment I plant a seed … of generosity … leads to an experience of financial prosperity.
2. Every moment I plant a seed … of being ethical … leads to an experience of happiness.
3. Every moment I plant a seed … of being joyful … leads to an experience of radiant health and beauty.
4. Every moment I plant a seed … of joyful, constructive, and helpful actions … leads to an experience of personal and business success.
5. Every moment I plant a seed … of meditation/contemplation … leads to Strengthening my ability of Mental Focus.
6. Every moment I plant a seed … of understanding Pure Potential Energy … leads to an experience of understanding life.
7. Every moment I plant a seed … of Compassion towards others … leads to seeing myself (and others) getting everything we desire and wish for.
I recommend this book for many reasons, most of which opened me to an understanding of the Diamond Industry as a metaphor of success in business and life using these principles.
On page 225, Geshe Michael Roach writes [copyright © 2000 Geshe Michael Roach]:
The mind — a mind crippled by the assumptions and, frankly, fairy tales of the entire history of our civilization, passed down by well-meaning parents over its entire length — balks at the possibility that every living person could have more than enough wealth. It’s not something that has ever happened before in our recorded history, says this state of mind, and so it could not happen now. We’ve heard this argument before; it wasn’t true then, and it’s not true now. Watch out, Columbus, you’ll fall over the edge, because the world is flat. Iron could never fly in the sky, or float for that matter. It’s not possible that practically every person in the world could have the same access to the world’s information, running through wires made of glass or beamed down from a place beyond where the highest bird can fly. Where did all these things come from? Did they not alter the absolute amount of wealth in the world? Where does new wealth really come from?
On page 223, Geshe Michael Roach writes [copyright © 2000 Geshe Michael Roach]:
When you give something away to another person, when you help any single other living being with your hands or your time or your funds, then a certain imprint is planted in your mind; the act is always recorded by the consciousness of the act, and consciousness is turned on and recording all the time. This imprint stays in the subconscious gathering strength, growing in power like any physical plant or tree. At some point it makes its way to the head of the line of your awareness, into your conscious mind, and colors — even creates — your impression of the world around you, and even yourself.
So right this moment, ask yourself, “What seed am I planting?”
Plant more seeds that bloom into the things you love.
Blessings,
Barry
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