01-19-2019, 10:42 PM
glance left wrote:
: ) I think I remember DJ saying something like the Path With Heart is a joy to follow and so on and so forth.
From my experience I've found that my ego would love to spin a tale about how "hard" its been to follow this path.....so it can have something to brag about around the dinner table ; ) . Honestly, The Path of Unendurable Suffering, seems to ironically be engendered by the bramble-filled underbrush of the path that perennially deviates from the Path With Heart. Friction....discord.....dialog driven compulsive madness.....nightmares.....paranoia.....paucity of energy.....boredom....fatigue....hatred.....strife.....blah blah blah...on and on and on. Interminable and unendurable! Whew! Thank heaven for returning to the Path With Heart, OMG! Where things are fresh....clear....potent.....brimming with energy....abstract affection...possibilities....adventure....depth of understanding and of experience....delightful weirdness without end.....and friendship! All of the good stuff : )
I heard about this guy who fell into a river. At first, a prolonged nightmare of thrashing...clawing....straining against insurmountable currents and twirling eddies...cuts...bruises....being bashed into unconsciousness only to awaken to the urge to fight amidst pure panic and fear again....on and on and on. Finally, he says, he just could not fight any more and just let go while simply aiming to stay afloat. Naturally, the current funneled him to the center of the river which effortlessly bore him down stream. The more he let go, with only slight, relaxed, calibrating adjustments to subtly redirect himself to the center....the more swiftly and smoothly he was sped along. He was finally deposited to the shore 100's of miles downstream, to his utter delight!
And then he promptly walked to the nearest village to brag to the locals about how far he'd swum : )
Good story. Relates well to my current situation. I'm still doing too much of the unendurable suffering part though. I keep telling myself it's all in my perspective, then comes the next blow. But each thing does make it easier in the long run. When I get downstream, I'll only brag a little.
: ) I think I remember DJ saying something like the Path With Heart is a joy to follow and so on and so forth.
From my experience I've found that my ego would love to spin a tale about how "hard" its been to follow this path.....so it can have something to brag about around the dinner table ; ) . Honestly, The Path of Unendurable Suffering, seems to ironically be engendered by the bramble-filled underbrush of the path that perennially deviates from the Path With Heart. Friction....discord.....dialog driven compulsive madness.....nightmares.....paranoia.....paucity of energy.....boredom....fatigue....hatred.....strife.....blah blah blah...on and on and on. Interminable and unendurable! Whew! Thank heaven for returning to the Path With Heart, OMG! Where things are fresh....clear....potent.....brimming with energy....abstract affection...possibilities....adventure....depth of understanding and of experience....delightful weirdness without end.....and friendship! All of the good stuff : )
I heard about this guy who fell into a river. At first, a prolonged nightmare of thrashing...clawing....straining against insurmountable currents and twirling eddies...cuts...bruises....being bashed into unconsciousness only to awaken to the urge to fight amidst pure panic and fear again....on and on and on. Finally, he says, he just could not fight any more and just let go while simply aiming to stay afloat. Naturally, the current funneled him to the center of the river which effortlessly bore him down stream. The more he let go, with only slight, relaxed, calibrating adjustments to subtly redirect himself to the center....the more swiftly and smoothly he was sped along. He was finally deposited to the shore 100's of miles downstream, to his utter delight!
And then he promptly walked to the nearest village to brag to the locals about how far he'd swum : )
Good story. Relates well to my current situation. I'm still doing too much of the unendurable suffering part though. I keep telling myself it's all in my perspective, then comes the next blow. But each thing does make it easier in the long run. When I get downstream, I'll only brag a little.