After months (years?) of telling myself “I must start reading again”, I found myself reading your rich post.
I very much enjoyed the content, form, and presentation.
It was a wonderful kick to the jewels of my monkey mind.
There’s was no room for me to run, shuck, jive: up,down,side to side, looking over my shoulder, nowhere to escape.
Detail, detail, detail.
Awareness and clarity.
I remember those moments. And I occasionally experience them.
I have no formal practice, but I so appreciated yours.
I used to meditate.
I have meditated.
Nonsense.
And The Five Remembrances:
I, forget, these, truths.
Immediately cutting through construct, desire, denial.
Wonderfully wakeful,
If you can take the sting.
You say:
To be here with this writing and recognize the fear that tells me it isn't good enough, that I'm wasting my time, and that the work is falling on deaf ears.
I wasn't trying to set a trap for ya, but the mind does have a way of ensuring us in thought. Alan Watts says that a guru is someone who will pick your pocket only to sell your wallet back to you.
I try to have fun with it, I'm glad you enjoyed the writing. This was was actually fun to write.
Well.
Wow.
What great read indeed.
After months (years?) of telling myself “I must start reading again”, I found myself reading your rich post.
I very much enjoyed the content, form, and presentation.
It was a wonderful kick to the jewels of my monkey mind.
There’s was no room for me to run, shuck, jive: up,down,side to side, looking over my shoulder, nowhere to escape.
Detail, detail, detail.
Awareness and clarity.
I remember those moments. And I occasionally experience them.
I have no formal practice, but I so appreciated yours.
I used to meditate.
I have meditated.
Nonsense.
And The Five Remembrances:
I, forget, these, truths.
Immediately cutting through construct, desire, denial.
Wonderfully wakeful,
If you can take the sting.
You say:
To be here with this writing and recognize the fear that tells me it isn't good enough, that I'm wasting my time, and that the work is falling on deaf ears.
I say:
Crack on!
You inspire.
Thanks Danny,
I wasn't trying to set a trap for ya, but the mind does have a way of ensuring us in thought. Alan Watts says that a guru is someone who will pick your pocket only to sell your wallet back to you.
I try to have fun with it, I'm glad you enjoyed the writing. This was was actually fun to write.