BUDDHA’S MIND—ONLINE

I’ve been surprised by the variety of people I’ve met in the world of blogs. There seems to be no geographical, political or ethnic boundaries—or any other. The diversity gives me a sense of just how truly universal the internet is. One of the things I find so fascinating about writing an on-line journal is the totally unbounded feeling I get. It feels as if I’m broadcasting my words out into deep space. My impression is that the net goes on forever in whichever direction one looks.

Because of its unbounded quality, it occurs to me that the internet could easily be equated with the infinite mind of an enlightened being—Krishna, Jesus or Buddha. Although, I am not suggesting that the two things are the same, but I see the "Mind of Buddha" or "Buddha’s Mind" being a reasonable metaphor.

It is this endless, unbounded quality that gives the web such great potential for creating peace and goodwill on earth. I have discovered during these few short months that if I do nothing more than share my journey of self-discovery, the message reaches far more people than I ever expected without my ever leaving the old wooden desk in my office. It seems that hidden just beneath the level of commercialism that fuels the web lies the level of all possibilities—Buddha’s Mind.

It is possible that the more powerful that Buddha’s Mind online becomes, the more potential there is for the world to be transformed. I believe that this will happen when each of us begins to transform our own anger into love. We are each like individual cells in Buddha’s brain. But together we form the whole. Buddha’s Mind cannot be at peace when there is even one of us who remains angry or afraid.

It is by transforming our own anger into love that we will save the world. I need to remind myself each day to look inside myself before looking out!