The Spiritual journey is not about finally getting to a place that’s really swell. Thinking that we can find some lasting pleasure is what in Buddhism is called samsara, a cycle that goes round endlessly and causes us to suffer greatly…. Instead, this very moment is the perfect teacher, and lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are. However, most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape. There are so many ways that have been dreamt up to get us away from this moment, to soften its hard edge, deaden it so that we do not have to feel the full impact of the pain that arises when we cannot manipulate the situation to make us come out looking fine.
Pema Chodron, When Things fall apart.
Photo of Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Co. Dublin
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looks like you’ve tempted us with a beautiful picture that would lead me to see it as a “really swell place” to be…but alas, this too shall pass. Thanks once again for a short visit to samara. Shokai
Hi Kathleen,
Thanks for your observation. I thought that the calm safety of the peaceful harbour was soon to be distrubed by the clouds above. The “sweell palce would soon be disturbed by the swell of the waves. The weather these days here is like that, a few moments of sun are quickly replaced by heavy rain. My best wishes,
Karl