Do everything with a mind that lets go... If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom. ~Ajahn Chah
Friday, March 9, 2018
Drifting with Desires
From the Margarete Peterson Tarot, the Seven of Cups; from the Elemental Dice, Darkness + Darkness (Night):
An elderly person imagines different versions of himself sailing in various boats. These aren't memories, but a stream of desires and fantasies that play through his mind. He may imagine winning the lottery and buying a large vessel with a captain included. The problem is not that he dreams, but that he feels like his present life is empty and meaningless without having his desires fulfilled. Petersen suggests watching these movies of the mind without getting attached to them. The Night roll of the dice suggests a darkness so impenetrable that we lose all sense of direction and balance. We can no longer see what is around us. Geshe Kelsang wrote, "Delusions are distorted ways of looking at ourselves, other people, and the world around us." Like being in complete darkness, it represents not being in touch with reality. Yet the mind has the potential to detach through the use of awareness.
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flylady relieved me of some serious delusions :)
ReplyDeleteFlylady is a guru for sure. :)
DeleteThis is an interesting and timely post for me. A month ago my next door neighbor left the Planet. Each week when the trash is set out, her family has piled things at the curb and then the pickers come. Are we delusional that anything really has lasting value? I think when my time comes; will it all be piled at the curb, and then if it is, it really won't make any difference because I too would have left the Planet.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your neighbor's passing. Her stuff may be at the curb, but it sounds like at least one person carries her in her heart. :)
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