Entry #77

         Liz talks about Buddha, and his path to enlightenment. She recalls the story of Buddha's meditation right when he came out of a 36 day trace, fully enlightened the first thing he said is "This cannot be taught". I really like that and it interests me since I had never heard it like that before, although it makes sense. You cannot teach someone to divinity of the universe its something someone will simply have to learn for the selves. She also mentions how Buddha said that most of humanities eyes are so caked shut with the dust of deception that they will never see the truth no matter who tries to help them. This is a great metaphor because it is really true, and easy to visuallize. I mean in order to see (or have spiritual enlightenment) you have to free your mind of any other thoughts than your own. Truly think for your self and don't let others tell you what to do. However so many people cannot see because their eyes are covered with deceet. People lying to them and telling them things that are not true, but yet they chose to accept. People let this dust cake onto their eyes so thick they will never be able to understand or see Buddhas path. I feel like this is true for a lot of people. Maybe not the whole Buddhas path thing, but at least they chose to close their eyes and ignore what is right in front of them. They let others lie to them and accept them as the truth just because they know how harsh the truth is.