Sit with me a
while, here on the beach. And just be Conscious. See the ocean, watch the white
caps and rolling waves, then dip below the surface and feel the movement of the
deeper currents, slip deeper still and see how it all mixes and flows. Go
deeper, until you are at the bottom where there is absoluteness a deep space of
things you might not have seen but its silent…and it IS and it IS part of the
choppy ocean above.
These are the layers
of your heart. The wise person knows that when something significantly
uncomfortable happens you do not move on. Instead, by going within deeply you
will cover light years, while standing still.
Out of this
arises a great thing, you can begin to practice a Buddhist philosophy that
makes so much sense to me. By having
compassion for yourself first, you may begin to do the same for others. This is
called the practice of Tonglen. Another wiser one that me that has alerted this
to me write so eloquently on this here:
And you will
find that in this process many of the same things get revisited, at a different
level each time. Sadness and Joy are not inert emotions, they are both so vast
and have richness and learning in both of them. And yes some things you might
never get to the bottom of and some Joy does not have a word or an expression. But at least, you have sat still here beside me, and
begun a still journey.
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