Динамичната жизненост на живота се разкрива, когато приемем несигурността и признаем нашето безсилие като "действащи лица", нашето безсилие да контролираме нещата.
Какво облекчение!


Hello my loves,

Whenever someone tells me that they like my satsangs because they feel safe here, I know it is time to get out the knives. I have no desire to be a refuge. Safety is the most cruel and insidious of drugs. It never lasts and inevitably sets up a craving for more. I was a drug dealer once but I outgrew it.

The world is not an inherently dangerous place but it IS inherently changeable. Which is to say that security is fleeting. Security is the illusion that the comfort I have now won't change. I am secure in my job means I won't be fired. I am secure in my relationship means it is going to last forever. A deep part of us knows that such feelings are built on an insubstantial foundation. Our projections of the future are fantasies. We have been wrong before and we will likely be wrong again. Of course, we have been right a few times too...so there is always hope!

The most common response to seeing the insecurity of it all is to turn around and retreat to something familiar and "predictable." If this is unavailable the next strategy is to attempt to exercise control and then more control. Unfortunately it is all a losers’ game. Like in Las Vegas, eventually the house will win. Hope always turns to fear.

Is this a bleak vision? On the surface, yes, absolutely. But the Living Teaching points us to look beyond the surface. Grace exists. Sometimes there comes the courage to stare directly into the uncertainty and accept it. Sometimes surrender comes in the recognition of our fundamental powerlessness as authoring entities. We can control nothing. We have never controlled anything! What a relief!

The dynamic vivacity of Life is revealed in this moment. Here is the Freedom. Here is the Peace.

May it find you now!


With love,
Wayne

Редактирано от lenticularis на 19.02.14 23:00.