Faith in Magic and Yourself
Students of the famous Mahasiddha Milarepa were once badgering him about who he was the reincarnation of. A loose translation of the story goes something like this:
Sudents: Oh Great and Powerful Milarepa, so can do so much amazeballs wizardly shit that we are sure you must be the reincarnation of some powerful saint. Please, tell us who you are the Tulku of!
Milarepa: You idiots! Why do you lack faith in the path of Secret Mantra Magic? I keep telling that if you work that shit, you can become a fully enlightened Buddha dude in this very life, with all the superpowers you could ever want!
Students: But you are soooooooooooooooo totes awesome. Surely you must have been Someone important?
Milarepa: Would you knock this shit off already! If the path is true than you CAN attain this for yourself. That’s what I am trying to teach you. I get it, I do. It’s easier to let yourself off the hook by saying that only people of special birth can be Supersattvas. This way there is no challenge to your ordinary behavior, you can always tell yourself that you are NOT special, ergo do not have to hold yourself up to that kind of work or scrutany of the result. Well guess what Muthafucka? I was born an ordinary shlub just like you, worse off in fact. I got a teacher, I did the work, I got the result. You can too! That’s WHY it is so great! E-MA-FUCKING-HO!
Not born with a caul? Not the seventh son of a seventh son? That Lama you visited during the summer failed to pull you out of the crowd to recognize you as a Tulku? Not born into a family of hereditary witches? NO PROBLEM.
Seriously, gifts like this can help but they can also be an obstacle. People with natural talents can fall into traps where they feel they do not need to do the work, and end up never progressing beyond their meger natural talents. To quote Calvin Coolidge “nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent…”.
Sorcery requires that you DO the work. Develop the power. Get the result.
Do not worship teachers, especially me. Do not think we can do something you cannot do if you apply yourself.
This is not to say that we are all equals out of the box. I am not telling newbies not to seek the teachings of experienced people. I am saying seek those teachings and use them to unlock your power and potential.
Anyone who claims to be an Ipsissimus publicly is by definition an ass, but as a goal it is worth keeping in mind that the term means ones own very self.
You have the power.
