Tuesday 16 June 2009

Seeming As Burdened With Lesser Weight But Not With Lesser Woe.

What is described here is the simplest way of seeing reality, or whatever we're calling the stuff and substance of life today. Simple, ordinary, immediate, miraculous; wherein we have dreamed ourselves up, and given ourselves the perfect playground. Where all stories are possible, questing and striving unfold in joy, and pain is borne and perhaps learned from. It is very, deeply difficult, the letting go thing, as the thing that lets go is what is let go of; it is anathema to most properly socialised individuals, and stirs up all kinds of fear, this notion that there is no personal responsibility, there is no personal volition, will or choice of any kind; that the thoughts that spur action are not from some separate entity, but part of a grand play, a play that has no moral, and that is simply bursting energy manifest. It is difficult to see that that essence of existence, what many call "I am" is something constant and omnipresent, and that the things we hang on to existence are meaningless, although perhaps terribly interesting, no matter how lofty the goal, how positive the energy, or how altruistic the action. It is disturbing, the notion that everything is just as it should be, when one sees the bodies of children killed in war laid out in a mosque, their existence denied by the powers that be. It is difficult to accept the darker side of human nature, the reactions of those denied their wants, and even their needs; yet nothing need be ignored. The thoughts given to change the story into a better one are the gifts of life, and the actions taken that end suffering bring an energy whose quality is so uplifting and joyful it cannot be denied. Personal will and struggle are oneness, the source, consciousness, whatever we're calling it, in disguise; perhaps when this is seen, there is a lightness, a lessening of fear, that makes more action possible; this is all the gift. It is all the gift, whatever seems to be happening. The reality that sings to us through the senses, the feelings, and thought is wondrous, for nothing should exist at all.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I seem to be a glow.

Summer is smooth, teaching web design at Broward College summer camp.

Hum...

No One In Particular said...

A story of fulfillment. Lovely.

Anonymous said...

I never completely understood Shakespeare, but I have a cousin in New York who is an actor by trade. He ran a Shakespearian theatre for a while, and really loves Shakespeare.

Do you pick the titles for your posts at random, or is there genuine meaning behind them? My mind is pathetically ill-equipped to try to pry meaning from them.

I agree, it is amazing that anything exists at all. Wonderful, isn't it?

Mike

No One In Particular said...

Hi Mike. Wonderful, wonderful...I use Shakespeare because he was a genius, and he's all about multiple meanings. I choose quotes that both apply to the blog entry and have potential for paradoxical meaning in the story of life that seems to unfold.

Alicia said...

I just found this blog today.
What a beautiful and direct expression.
Thank you!

No One In Particular said...

Wow Alicia, "I" am honoured!