As I sit on the front steps,
feeling the sun emerge over the peak of the hill
and soak me in light,
I read this:
"When people start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, they often think that somehow they are going to improve,
which is a sort of subtle aggression against who they really are."
Pema Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape
I notice all the way that I am trying to change who I am, and trying to change how things are, and trying to change my children and how they are acting and what they are feeling. Oh what an enormous effort that all is. Imagine all the available energy if I let that ALL go?
xo
As I sit on the front steps, feeling the sun emerge over the peak of the hill and soak me in light, I read this: When people start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, they...
Posted by: buy diclofenac | July 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM
what a beautiful thought about our energy. thank you.
Posted by: Maryam | July 18, 2011 at 06:48 AM
I've been listening to Pema too this weekend: Don't Bite the Hook. I think I could talk to you for hours about this topic. I will try to sum it up and say that I'm making a subtle shift from trying to change myself to trying to stop habitual reactions (still a change, still in myself, but a different perspective). It's so very difficult for me to stay in the moment and enjoy the right now, but I notice that my daughter has no trouble doing that at all. Sometimes she's my best teacher...
Posted by: Paulina | July 18, 2011 at 06:23 AM
a beautiful realization. thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Melissa | July 18, 2011 at 05:41 AM
wow, what an idea, what a revelation. I have to let that one sink in.
As always, thank you :) Happy summer to you!
Posted by: Kassia | July 17, 2011 at 11:12 PM