Well, judging by the tone of what has already been written, I feel it only necessary to shift gears a little. To see the bigger picture for what it is. The observations I have made as of late are these: Suffering Sucks! Crying, losing, remorse, sadness...The whole Loss and Pain thing is that which we all wish we could bypass. Wouldn't it be great if everything could be good all the time? Wouldn't we just love constant happiness?
The answer is No. I'm sure we would all be disenchanted by happiness as a constant. Where would the struggle be, the fire, the excitement. The world of vanilla, the same, same, same- all the time. And again, the startling realization that only through loss, do we treasure what we have. Only through that pain can we rise up and embrace all the wonderful things we have been given. In those moments of sadness and heartbreak, we always wish we could have done something, said something...changed something. And it is only through the eyes of regret and loss- the heartbreak that we see. That is what it takes to come to a place of understanding. I know, tough way to learn a lesson, and the funniest part is, if you ever read Ram Dass- It's all a cosmic joke. We think that we are so important, that there is something permanent to any of this. HA! It's all transitory- we're all going to go sooner or later- and we are all so caught, Holding so tight, struggling for permanence, fighting difficulties- we can't let go-the attachment creates the struggle, and the holding on feeds the struggle. And, it is alot to wrap your head around. We take it all so seriously- we think we can change it, make it stop- we attempt our interventions. We can only do, what we can do. Let's all stop and think about this for a while. Let us all Stop.
