Friday, February 25, 2022
Your entire life is a perpetual preparation for change. Everything that you are going through is transitory. There is no stability in life. Everything is susceptible to change, that’s because there is only progress in this life, perpetuity. Where you are now is only a rung on the ladder, a summit or a trough. You are somewhere on that forever continuum, and you shall be there for your entire life.
The truth of fullness means that we must experience emptiness. The truth of winning means that we must experience defeat. The truth of gaining means we that must experience loss. Most of us don’t want to experience loss, or anything that resembles a downward trajectory. We avoid it, we retract and wince at the prospect of losing what we gain or in being directionless, when we think we’ve arrived. But life pushes you back onto the continuum, so go peacefully, either up or down. No need to be afraid of it.
The physical world is dualistic. Fresh moves towards stale. New moves towards old. But somewhere within you lies that which doesn’t move at all. Somewhere within you is a being of neutrality that sits peacefully, anchored, unwavering on both sides of the journey. It delights in both ups and downs. It welcomes surprise, but it doesn’t depend on reality. It knows how the world is designed. Because at its core, it is the designer of the world. You are being prepared, but only for more change. How readily you accept it, leads to more peace and understanding of yourself. Be willing to go, as an adventurous passenger. Be willing to accept, as a surrendering cooperator. Be willing to notice, as an innocent observer. Appreciate and trust what preparations life is making for you, the change that it leads you to is always for the better.