Ordinariness is a simple presence in this moment that allows the mystery of life to show itself. When Thoreau warns us to “beware of any activity that requires the purchase of new clothes” he reminds us that simplicity is the way we open to everyday wonder. While consciousness can create a variety of forms, ordinariness is interested in what is here and now. This is the ordinary mystery of breathing or of walking, the mystery of trees on our streets or of loving someone near to us. It is not based on attaining mystical states or extraordinary powers. It does not seek to become something special, but is emptying, listening.
Jack Kornfield, Bringing home the Dharma
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Ordinary Mystery (Jigzag)
‘A shining path that stretches on into the distance
We all seek to tread, along a strange, silken thread
some are nameless, some walk aimless
some are straining their eyes, just to catch a
glimpse of grace
Elusive answers are the bane of our existence
We long for final proof so we can rest inside the
truth
who is shameless, who is blameless
who will take us by the hand & kiss the fear away
Living an ordinary mystery
Leaving a small but sacred history
Living an ordinary mystery
Leaving a small but sacred history
Our feet are drawn towards the path of least
resistance
So easy to resign until we’re blind to the divine
who will reach us, who will teach us
To open our hearts, & kiss the fear away…’
(complete lyrics see: http://www.lyricsmania.com/ordinary_mystery_lyrics_jigzag.html)
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Love this on!. New clothes can just make one self-conscious.