not the ‘how’ that closes all space
with its extension ‘How to do it?’
— the lazy and impatient how —
but a ‘how’ that opens up a blank space
a breathing space of wonder
a ‘how’ of curiosity
a ‘how’ that does not belong
to being trapped in thoughts
but gaining insight or vision
into ones…
“Do something!” say the self-help gurus. Sounds cool, but there is a problem, especially when you are doing it for all the wrong reasons. You do something like exercise or whatever it is you do, out of fear of what may come for not doing something. …
The breathing body (BB): What are you running after, thinking mind? I am afraid or have a strong suspicion that you do not know have a fucking clue on what you are doing.
The thinking mind (TM): Don’t interfere with my great thinking, you slave. …
As I started peeling the ginger with the zig-zag cut end of the knife there was a genuine invitation, so irresistible, to slow down and peel them gently without hurry; reminding me that to miss it is to miss an opportunity to slow down, and to see that the ginger…
how long would you
want to be stuck in a thought?
or
how long would you
want to resist or
do self-pity or do self-entrapment
is not a judgment or self-blame
but more like holding the space
or to enable the possibility
to open up a space within
to hold the ego-mind,
the mechanical-mind,
for it…
negative negativity
is righteous self-punishment
for example, feeling guilty
for being anxious or guilty
for suffering from fear
or whatever
the master plan of ego being
if I punish myself hard enough
then God would not have to
come and beat my ass
and so there we go
with the master plan of ego
obediently unreflectively
yet this got nothing to do with
investing…
