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2 months ago

Good Sunday afternoon! I have not been on Facebook for a while, and as a consequence have neglected this site ... I don't have any pictures to share with you all today, but wanted, instead, to simply say "hello", and I hope you all are doing wonderfully (as well as we can during a global illness). This brings up something I read in "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" ... The title sounds morbid - but it is a fantastic book filled with great examples of right living, lessons most of us can learn again and again and again. One such lesson that is SO SIMPLE and obvious, but is so easily forgotten in the midst of our personal struggles can be found on pages 34-35 ... It is a quick lesson on "Grasping" and how we hold on so tight to thoughts, ideas, wishes, things .... that we, sometimes, end up pushing what we want, wish for, ideas of "betterness" further away... And sometimes, we seem to grasp on to negative thoughts or "what ifs" and hold on so tight that we don't make room for the possibility of anything else.... Here is an excerpt that I am going to type from the book - take from it what you want, and leave the rest (my mom & dad always taught me to look at things that way) ... it's an experiment to show us that there IS ANOTHER WAY .... pg 34-35 (Sogyal Rinpoche - The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying) ..." Pick up a coin. Imagine that is represents the object at which you are grasping. Hold it tightly clutched in your fist and extend your arm, with the palm of your hand facing the ground. Now, if you let go or relax your grip, you will lose what you are clinging onto. That's why you hold on. But there's another possibility: You can let go and yet keep hold of it. With your arm still outstretched, turn your hand over so that it faces the sky. Release your hand and the coin still rests on your open palm. You let go. And the coin is still yours, even with all this space around it. So there is a way in which we can accept impermanence and still relish life, at one and the same time, without grasping." Further on down the page ... "How, then can we work to overcome attachment? Only by realizing its impermanent nature; this realization slowly releases us from its grip." Quite a long post for a Sunday thought ... It is not a religious book, but one that discusses a lot of philosophies and right ways of living ... things that are so darned simple and obvious, but totally forgotten or overlooked (at least by me - a lot). May your week ahead be a healthy, peaceful, and joyful one - even with the lessons and challenges that it brings each of us (the challenges are what help us grow) - that thought - is from me to you ... xoxo ... See MoreSee Less