Saturday Supplication …

I am a sucker for advertisements; I am easily lead.  I am a spiritual lady and always on the lookout for ways in which to improve my practice; get enlightened, get to heaven – call it what you will.  I know this is not an ideal situation … but that it is why I have to practice!!

Nonetheless the temptation is there; before I know it I am surfing or bought a magazine. Almost convinced that I will get the answer when I wear a certain brand of leisure wear, read such a book, subscribe to monthly journal or travel the world to find the perfect teacher.  Even wearing the right shade of lipstick. Have you looked at Buddhist or Yoga Journals lately? A slither of a girl or a boy doing a full lotus gazing meaningfully into space;  advertising the latest bit of kit that will get you on the road to enlightenment. One such magazine flaunts the picture of a Hollywood star who in previous weeks has been singing the praises of botox in the Hello magazine.
So I wish for a moment that I am not distracted by the  World Wide Web, the a virtual forest of trees and a massive money grabbing machine  … that keeps me in samsara.