So what if faith in god has disappeared? In seeking faith or fearing its absence we are already under the spell of vested self interest - why else do we "seek" faith? Of course it is sought to serve as a lifeboat, to help us wade through tough, stormy and uncertain waters.
But who can deny the divine and innocent friendship of Gopal who would turn up suddenly along the boring and tiresome path through the woods, to school. He would come, just to give me company. As his beautifully lazy cows accompanied us, chewing all the time. After Gopal appeared and after he left there wasn't an uncomfortable craving ever, just a positive assurance that all was well with the world and being alive was beautiful. Friendship made it so.
But Gopal was a gift, and so too is suffering. The universe wants me to have it.
And have we not seen that our judgement, thoughts, feelings and sensations around suffering too constantly evolves. Nothing is constant.
Of course what we are striving for is clarity. Like I read, freedom is being able to see our confusion with all clarity. It is natural to not understand our confusion and yet be perturbed by it. And perhaps it is to the credit of our foolishness and impatience that we fail to take assurance and experience freedom from the idea that millions of brilliant minds have already walked this planet and are walking it now, whose intelligence were as sharp as a shining sword and their courage that of a selfless lion; and we think we have stumbled upon an unsurmountable mental confusion;
We can also remember with gratitude and amazement that the part of our mind that helps us transact in the world has helped us in our affairs. So thank you oh unknown power.
But who can deny the divine and innocent friendship of Gopal who would turn up suddenly along the boring and tiresome path through the woods, to school. He would come, just to give me company. As his beautifully lazy cows accompanied us, chewing all the time. After Gopal appeared and after he left there wasn't an uncomfortable craving ever, just a positive assurance that all was well with the world and being alive was beautiful. Friendship made it so.
But Gopal was a gift, and so too is suffering. The universe wants me to have it.
And have we not seen that our judgement, thoughts, feelings and sensations around suffering too constantly evolves. Nothing is constant.
Of course what we are striving for is clarity. Like I read, freedom is being able to see our confusion with all clarity. It is natural to not understand our confusion and yet be perturbed by it. And perhaps it is to the credit of our foolishness and impatience that we fail to take assurance and experience freedom from the idea that millions of brilliant minds have already walked this planet and are walking it now, whose intelligence were as sharp as a shining sword and their courage that of a selfless lion; and we think we have stumbled upon an unsurmountable mental confusion;
We can also remember with gratitude and amazement that the part of our mind that helps us transact in the world has helped us in our affairs. So thank you oh unknown power.
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