The Danger Of Adopting Stories
When we adopt stories created for us,
we live in a borrowed version of reality.
Stories are just gossip – the architecture of human civilisation, functioning both as a tool for mass conformity and a catalyst for conflict. When shared narratives – whether political ideologies, national myths, or religious dogma – are treated as absolute unshakeable realities rather than abstract human constructs, the results are frequently catastrophic. We live in borrowed truths by believing in imagined realities / stories.
When people mistake ancient stories for the ultimate truth, they begin dehumanising those who subscribe to a different text, leading to the tribalism and warfare.
It is all just gossip?
Stories are primarily social grooming. Recognising that narratives are constructed tools rather than absolute truths allows us to engage with them critically. People think they are achieving something when they are still engaged in stories.
Rather than fighting to prove that one story is superior, the focus should be on evaluating the purpose of stories that promote confusion rather than unification.
Meditation is reading our own story and how it came about, and bringing it to a conclusion.
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 