Madness is an inability to grasp reality, to face it and come to terms with it. To a certain extent, we are all mad. Shared madness results in collective delusions... and those who don't share them will probably be labelled as "mad".
Turning from slavery to dominion is the privilege of those prepared to look at things as they are. There is often suffering involved, because of the division between "what I wanted" and "what is".
However, if I am prepared to accept my present limitations unconditionally, they cease to limit me. If I am prepared to see, to really face and understand whatever is there... then I cannot go mad.
They say four rabbis went to heaven while they were in meditation. One died. One would not believe it and fell into skepticism, which led to heresy. One went mad. Only the fourth one was prepared to say "yes" to the full extent of the experience and come back to earth with it, prepared to share it, to use it.
Let me not deny what IS.
domingo, 11 de septiembre de 2016
lunes, 20 de junio de 2016
Trial and error
The only mistake possible is misplacing one's attention.
It is a common mistake.
We might think we were concentrating on something, and we were not. Real concentration is rare. The mind tends to flicker.
We might believe we were looking at something, and we were not really paying attention to the outside, but rather falsely corroborating some inner image. So then we act surprised at the fact that it was not what we thought.
We might make a decision based on another's judgement, and then have regrets, when things did not work out as we wanted.
Until we can focus properly, we will not know reality.
So let us welcome the process of trial and error. Acknowledge the fact that, often enough, our right hand has no idea what our left hand is doing.
And, even so... make choices, even if they are erred.
Existence learns, also, through our mistakes.
It is a common mistake.
We might think we were concentrating on something, and we were not. Real concentration is rare. The mind tends to flicker.
We might believe we were looking at something, and we were not really paying attention to the outside, but rather falsely corroborating some inner image. So then we act surprised at the fact that it was not what we thought.
We might make a decision based on another's judgement, and then have regrets, when things did not work out as we wanted.
Until we can focus properly, we will not know reality.
So let us welcome the process of trial and error. Acknowledge the fact that, often enough, our right hand has no idea what our left hand is doing.
And, even so... make choices, even if they are erred.
Existence learns, also, through our mistakes.
Bumpy times
Life moves on. There is ever more and more, coming from the fountain. Make way!
Thus, we can leave some space for the new. It will come, anyway. We might as well save it the trouble of making space for itself...
Or, if it does, welcome the change. However bumpy.
Thus, we can leave some space for the new. It will come, anyway. We might as well save it the trouble of making space for itself...
Or, if it does, welcome the change. However bumpy.
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