They say that spirituality and life should be thought of as a stream, or a river, always on the move, and even if in the end the water reaches the ocean, the mission of moving remains the same. Stagnant water is the same as plateauing in life, it is the beginning of the end.
Take my blogging activity. When I started out writing a couple of notes a months it was for fun, I had no idea what I wanted to achieve really. Then my sister-in- law installed Feedjit;I was for the first time able to monitor the traffic on my blog. I remember the dark days when my 3 year old son ran to his older brother screaming "No one came to Papa's hobby today". My heart froze during those moments. Yet, when the readers started arriving, I realized that having an abstract number of visitors, say, 5 visitors a day, didn't really make me happy either. Rather, it was the joy of reading where they lived and what particular article they chose. I often find that the blog a reader chooses is connected to my daily occurrences and thoughts. This realization gives meaning to me and instills the desire for my next creative contribution. My conjecture is that you can be a best-selling author and feel absolutely numb about this fact if you feel that your creative powers are plateauing.
Miley Cyrus expressed this theme so well in 'The Climb', it is the journey that makes us feel alive. The sense of connectedness and the experience of love along the way. So once you catch yourself wishing for a destination, just remember that at that moment you will already keep your eyes out for the next mountain in sight. Enjoy the journey!
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Sunday, May 3, 2009
The Final Illusion
It ain't about how fast you get there
It ain't about the other side
It's the climb! (Miley Cyrus)
Enjoy your journey, whether you think of yourself as climbing one mountain after the other, or whether you think of yourself as sitting on a couch and letting the life lessons pass by one by one in your personalized video game. The important thing though, your life happens now and nothing else matters. If you are looking out to the other side you might trip over a stone.
So what is the final illusion? It is looking out for the final liberation, samadhi. How do you know who is looking? Is could be the mind with its endless urges for the more and the better. You tell yourself, once you are there everything will be better. I remember a thought once popped up in my head which said, "if enlightenment these days comes a dime a dozen, who will read my books when I reach samadhi?". I couldn't help laughing at the naivete of our ego. But that is what our mind does. It just takes the concept of the more, power, security, etc. and wraps some spiritual clothes around it. So enjoy every step of your journey and watch out for the final illusion.
It ain't about the other side
It's the climb! (Miley Cyrus)
Enjoy your journey, whether you think of yourself as climbing one mountain after the other, or whether you think of yourself as sitting on a couch and letting the life lessons pass by one by one in your personalized video game. The important thing though, your life happens now and nothing else matters. If you are looking out to the other side you might trip over a stone.
So what is the final illusion? It is looking out for the final liberation, samadhi. How do you know who is looking? Is could be the mind with its endless urges for the more and the better. You tell yourself, once you are there everything will be better. I remember a thought once popped up in my head which said, "if enlightenment these days comes a dime a dozen, who will read my books when I reach samadhi?". I couldn't help laughing at the naivete of our ego. But that is what our mind does. It just takes the concept of the more, power, security, etc. and wraps some spiritual clothes around it. So enjoy every step of your journey and watch out for the final illusion.
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