I have experienced some very good and helpful readings. I think more than food I will miss reading and writing next we on the hill.
This week i have focused on happiness. All happiness is temporary. When we are cold and then find fire we are happy until we start to sweat and then we want to run into the snow.
Maybe happiness, true happiness only happens in the stillpoint space of emptiness between thoughts - no stress, agitation, friction, movement and the mind stops peace, silence, timelessness....beyond time but alive with potential.
This space is always there but for me, I bypass to get to the next attraction. But if I can put the world on hold, even for only seconds a day...I come to feel my true nature - the light of the"soul", the music of the silence.
There is a sense I am at the center of my heart bomp bomp bomp...in non-doing, non-having, just the stillpoint - hot and vast then gone.
But now I know it is there and I will go there again and more often.
The world is the non-real in which I play roles.
I have in my core, my heart, an island of shelter - the source of everything.
To end suffering is to detach from what makes me suffer. Poor countries are often "happier because they don't chase"stuff" but find joy in the routine of a simple life.
I now know all of my opinions are faults because they are colored by my desires, fears, and illusions - colored by ego. I will try to train myself to have no opinions but to travel the middle path in the present moment. At this second, it is my truth.
I am grateful for all my teachers. ...Every one who came on or crossed, or ran headlong into me thinking you knew. Grateful that I have taken as good care of myself- body and mind
I feel joy and satisfaction for my self, for those on the path and the world of my experience.
2 comments:
I'm rereading parts of the old book "the power of now" and there's a lot in it that reminds me of what you are talking about... trying not to get too wrapped up in chasing things or living in the past, but really being aware of the present. Sounds like you're doing well... Continued safe travels.
C
In the same vein as the previous comment, I am reading a biography of Buddha. I know so little but have always been drawn to the serenity and peace of his face. Learning much but just scratching the surface - you're diving on and submerging yourself. Hope it is a fulfilling experience.
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