Your Autobiography in Five Chapters
Chapter One
You walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
You fall in.
You are lost…You feel hopeless.
You say, “It isn’t my fault.”
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter Two
You walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
You pretend you don’t see it.
You fall in again.
You can’t believe you’re in the same place.
You say, “But it isn’t my fault.”
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter Three
You walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
You see it is there.
You still fall in… its’s a habit.
Your eyes are open
You know where you are
You know it is your fault.
You get out immediately.
Chapter Four
You walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
You walk around it
Chapter Five
You walk down another street.
adapted from The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
