New Painting & Thieves

If we stop by here regularly you'll know we haven't posted any brand brand new art for a while. Life has somehow intervened to give me lots of time to digest as well as percolate. Here's a brand brand new piece 12"x24" as well as we can see we go on to be in love with aged sewing settlement pieces.
Nothing to do with a painting though this morning we was meditative about a poetic oil mix called "Thieves Oil" as well as a story which goes with it. This all came to me pleasantness of "Everyone is Vegan" when we uncovered a little distinctive nature during reno work in a brand brand new home. The distinctive nature was not toxic as well as was dry though still we detected this beautiful oil which we can make use of in most ways.
The story goes which during a plague thieves went about hidden from a dead as well as dying. They covered their faces with clothes steeped in an herbal solution. When they were held they were offering freedom (perhaps they competence have been means to keep a prong or two??) in lapse for a secret of because they didn't get infected with a plague. The ensuing regulation is "Thieves oil", a mix of cloves, lemon, cinnamon bark, eucalyptus, as well as rosemary. we found a bottle finished by someone on a island here though we know Young Living sells it as well or we could mix it yourself. It is purported to kill distinctive nature as well as mildew, bed bugs, can be used internally to tame intestinal critters as well as it smells wonderful, a small similar to Christmas. we have actually used it in a little tender treats as well as it tastes divine.
But all this meditative about thieves finished me ask myself, "what thieves do we harbour?" What thieves steal my equanimity, my kindness, my energy. If in fact a healthy state is which of Buddha nature what burglar has stolen mine? Do we consider we should phone a internal authorities? Excuse me ! officer, we only satisfied my Buddha Nature is missing. I've looked all over a residence as well as it is definitely not on a premises. Not such a good idea? Perhaps we should only proceed a search myself.
When we take a small demeanour for what competence steal my equanimity, we see my busy thoughts whizzing by, looking to a future, meditative of all a things we need to do. My worrying thoughts tags along with any number of funny suggestions of things which we should be concerning myself with. The thoughts running after an unconstrained tide of thoughts, a burglar by any description.
And my affability which burglar ran divided with which in hand? we consider which affability is stolen by grumpiness, by self obsession, by saying me as a centre of a star as opposed to looking external into a landscape of "how can we be helpful?" how can we minister to someone's happiness today? Forming up a small rope of thieves with a self centredness, is envy as well as greed. Robbers to be sure.
And my right effort, which momentum as well as appetite which helps me attend to what needs to be done; which burglar ran divided with which in his pocket. we know we can spot this trickster running down a road. Doubt keeps me from my work. Doubt runs off with a joy as well as appetite generated by doing a subsequent thing which needs to be done. Catch him quick prior to he causes to most trouble.
Now we know there are a few some-more thieves in a neighbourhood. Perhaps we have seen them during your place? Perhaps we have listened them snuffling around in dark corners or fleeing in a night? And if we see them, we can sneer at them, by telling them we have their oil.