Thanks, Paul! Being OK with feeling confused is actually pretty wise.
It’s freeing to realize our brains can’t understand everything about life – yet the awareness with which we notice our confusion is always peaceful and complete.
That’s essentially what I’m trying to communicate in just about all my writings – that the happiness, the peaceful wholeness we are looking for is already who we are. That we don’t have to live on the happiness-deferred program of life, because it’s not possible to live at a distance in space and time from that happiness.
So, what if being comfortable with not knowing everything is actually closer to who we really are than trying to figure it all out? Our minds want to organize everything neatly, but while real life is always messier than that, it’s always unfolding within what we most want, anyway.
Funny how we look “out there” for answers when the most basic part of being alive – just being aware – is so close to us that we miss it. It’s like a fish swimming around looking for water!
Your comment shows me that maybe it’s better to be OK with mystery than to demand answers. Real insight might not be about knowing more facts, but about noticing the awareness where all our thoughts show up.
I will always be baffled, not by you, but by everything! Thank you for this!
Thanks, Paul! Being OK with feeling confused is actually pretty wise.
It’s freeing to realize our brains can’t understand everything about life – yet the awareness with which we notice our confusion is always peaceful and complete.
That’s essentially what I’m trying to communicate in just about all my writings – that the happiness, the peaceful wholeness we are looking for is already who we are. That we don’t have to live on the happiness-deferred program of life, because it’s not possible to live at a distance in space and time from that happiness.
So, what if being comfortable with not knowing everything is actually closer to who we really are than trying to figure it all out? Our minds want to organize everything neatly, but while real life is always messier than that, it’s always unfolding within what we most want, anyway.
Funny how we look “out there” for answers when the most basic part of being alive – just being aware – is so close to us that we miss it. It’s like a fish swimming around looking for water!
Your comment shows me that maybe it’s better to be OK with mystery than to demand answers. Real insight might not be about knowing more facts, but about noticing the awareness where all our thoughts show up.
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The best place you can ever be is HERE and NOW.
The only place you can ever be is HERE and NOW.
There is no Point B!