See that there is nothing to get. It is already present.
All ideas about progress serve the mind only.
What progress is required to go from here to here?
Wu Hsin, Chinese sage who lived some time between 403 and 221 BCE.
from here to here
Tag: impermanence
brave enough
Owning our story can be hard, but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky, but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love, belonging, and joy – the experiences that make us the most vulnerable.
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
an open state of mind
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, we feel that we deserve resolution.
However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution.
We deserve something better than resolution: we deserve our birthright, which is prajna,
an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.
Pema Chödrön, Comfortable with Uncertainty
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wanting something else
If life can be sinned against at all,
it is not so much by despairing of it
as by pinning one’s hopes on another life
and sidestepping the unforgiving grandeur of this one
[S’il y a un péché contre la vie, ce n’est peut-être pas tant d’en désespérer que d’espérer une autre vie et de se dérober à l’implacable grandeur de celle-ci.]
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
the movement of energy
Even boredom can teach you who you are and who you are not. You discover that a “bored person” is not who you are. Boredom is simply a conditioned energy movement within you. Neither are you an angry, sad, or fearful person.
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not “yours”, not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
“I am bored.” Who knows this? “I am angry, sad, afraid.” Who knows this? You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.
Eckhart Tolle
Sunday quote: Not swimming against the current
Two Taoist concepts – wu wei “effortless action.” and xin zhai “not feeding the heart-mind.” – to guide us in this New Year
Flow with whatever may happen,
and let your mind be at ease.
Zhuang Zhou, 4th Century BCE, Zhuangzi, chapter 7
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