


Friday, August 10, 2018

Suffering Is Not Enough

--Thich Nhat Hanh

we enter the warrior's world.”
--  Pema Chödrön








Life actually felt quite delicious.
Be Here Now

Since I'm still sitting here with my fingers on the keyboard and I seem to engaged in writing this post, I guess I have to make some sort of point here.  (Actually, I did think of just stopping and hitting send.  Although that would have had a certain Zen panache to it, it seemed like cheating.  LOL)

What emerged for me that morning was seeing clearly the obvious difference between the suffering that I was creating out of thin air as a result of previous conditions and the delightful nature of the actual experience available in the present moment.  If I could remember to let go of the world of complaints, and relax the physical and mental tightness that emerged with those complaints, what would it actually feel like to walk out into the day later that morning? In actuality I had no idea.  A deep, delightful curiosity emerged.

I then cut loose of those thoughts.   

All that remained was the sensation of my fingers dancing across the keyboard, my breathing, the coolness of the breeze against my skin, the warmth of the computer whirring on my lap, the sound of the birds twittering --and a profound feeling of wonder floating in the vast spaciousness of Life as it is.

How cool is that?

P.S.  Walking downtown to the Coop that afternoon was grand.  Even walking out of AC into the heat of the day was pleasant.  I actually used to like doing a sauna. LOL

Originally posted, May 30, 2013. Revised.


ZISHAN A said...

Simply beautiful post.

Kay Dubbleyuh said...

I thoroughly enjoyed that too (=