The Care Free Weight of Being.
In Taoism we teach not to limit oneself to measurement or definitions.... to live in potential.
Some days that isn't easy, when waking up .. feeling your body ache, comparing yourself between the moment and yesterday. Soreness and memory showing us our change...A hangover not from alcohol but of relationship...
I woke up today sore, tired and a bit in a fog of funk. I know many ways to dispel such feelings. But this morning, I was in no rush to stoke my bodies energy with Qi-Gong, nor jump into the clear pools of the river or some other "cure" of being...
Some days I let the weight of "now" countless years pushing from the past. So much time has passed...so many connections of life swirl in memories of mind and aches of body.
IN Taoism we often live what others would consider a carefree lifestyle... but that is only how others see our lifestyle of release... It seems carefree. It isn't... It is of kindness and respect, since to truly release is also to acknowledge one's essence. To embrace those connections , greet the past and open the future... We might live now... but we are also human. Truly human
Which means at times, we pay homage to the aches of the soul. Later today I will be eternally young again only becuase I took the time to respect these connections. Later to release pains fluttering like prayer flags that acknowledge we are alive becuase we respect our connections to life itself.
Namaste
4 comments:
My pains today are more mental than physical -- but yes, some days are about respecting those very human feelings...
Namaste...
a moment at a time
and sometimes those human feelings are very deep deep pools to swim indeed. but if taken abreast in the moment, become transversable..
I've found that pain contains its own value. I just have to believe there is goodness there and then look for it. When I do, I find it.
Thanks for your insights. I'm enjoying reading your posts.
Thanks HK
I appreciate the support. Writing the blog is a bit much at times with everything else we are doing and so its nice to hear that it resonants for others.
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