Indestructible Thunderbolt

Dorje in Tibetan means 'indestructible.' The Dorje is the Tibetan Buddhist equivalent of the double terminated Hindu ritual tool known as the Vajre, or Thunderbolt. It represents masculine force, sudden inspiration, the 'cutting' of ignorance and illusion. In rituals it is always paired with the bell, or Ghanta, its feminine counterpart. The spoked ends represent the closing of the spokes of the wheel of Samsara; the attainment of enlightenment.

A ritual gesture is performed crossing the tools over the chest, representing union of the male and female principals.

"Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you cannot conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless..."

--Paul Bowles, from The Sheltering Sky

And in the early mornings when I am enjoying my French Roast, I sit by you , counting your breaths as you dream of who knows what. I may see you twitch, smile, and even laugh in your sleep, thinking only of how lovely you are as you glide along nocturnal clouds. Yet, when you cry, I cannot help but wonder if you still cling to me even in dreams. Attachment is the nightmare of fools. Don't you know that you can love a person without attachment? Love is about liberation, fearlessness to set something or someone free. In doing such, you will always have your love return to you no matter distance, space, or time. Remembering such is as important as oxygen. How many more times will you have, replaying in your mind the first kiss we shared and the feelings you had in your heart? In the backdrop of a beautiful valley, where a river runs through it, you can remember everything as a dream of a lifetime. What else holds together your wants and needs and desires but the ultimate fantasy, loving another person more than yourself?

And it does take time to understand this, I know. But trust in the wisdom of the elders and walk the path paved, leading always back to you. For in you all the answers reside, enduring the cage of an aging body.

Treasure each and every moment, collect the positive memories and build (good) karma, abandoning the ego as it continually drowns you in a delusional quest for perfection. There is nothing to perfect in the Great Perfection. Liberation exists in accepting universal truths, living a life of compassion and wisdom.

Love for love, not for attachment, not for vanity, not for anything other than liberation. Trust in yourself and live fearlessly, knowing that the very thing and person you love will always return to you. If it is true love that we share then you will grow stronger each day while I am here and after I am gone, knowing the difference between missing someone and being attached to physical limitations. Listen to the timeless waves on an ocean of wisdom, existing even before the first human set foot on its shores. Our love existed, exists, and will continue in its existence as the waves erase the past and smooth out a new future, knowing not the difference in either.

Set us free; we are indestructible. The body will die after the mind quiets itself, guiding the spirit or soul, if you will, into a new life where reincarnation carefully unwraps the positive karma and memories of a previous journey. Do not fear the natural process as you will find your love somewhere in time, always. Set us free; we are indestructible.