09/07/2024
If you could be at peace đď¸ even when things got hard, wouldnât you want that? If you could be fully present in the best of times, rather than on a mental/emotional high, missing the moment by thrill seeking for the next, wouldnât you want that?
What if the events of life are designed to lead us to let go (of the mind of things, people and events) rather than to cling on? Every apparent thing changes despite our ideas (what we believe is true; preferences, etc.)đĄRelationships, jobs, housing etc. change because bodies (physical circumstances) and minds (mental/emotional experiences) change. People die, get sick, fight, breakup, move outâŚ
Letting go of the mind creates peace, despite any circumstances. Chasing circumstances for peace is addiction, ultimately to thinking (I.e. âI need to make things a certain way in order to feel good and be happyâ). Sometimes life seems to go the way I think I want it to, and I donât realize that Iâm in a happy mental/emotional addiction until it changes (I.e.: I donât get what I think I want, and then the content of mind becomes negative and I feel bad).
What if the rollercoaster of emotions (good feeling, bad feeling, good feeling, bad feeling) isnât necessary, despite circumstances? What if peace is not robotic or apathetic? What is the space of no ideas?
Changes in life circumstances, maybe especially changes that seem to go against what I think I want, are opportunities to release grip of the mind and find a true and lasting peace that is not dependent on fickle circumstances. Itâs an opportunity to see that I am not the controller of life. Itâs an opportunity to find presence, beyond the mind. Itâs an opportunity to find myself. đâ¤ď¸