pilkington

I cannot stop the suffering within myself and my world.

I can act kindly to myself and within my world.

And that kindness will ultimately contribute to more suffering.

So I will sit, in calm abiding.
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I'm not looking for enlightenment. I wouldn't know it or want it if it came into my room and "laid hands" on me at this instant.

Imagine a lake of melted snow in the Canadian Rockies. There are pines and firs that surround the lake to it's beachy, nebulous edge. There is a blustery wind that day and the surface of the lake undulates with waves. Submerge yourself into that undulation and dive deep. In the depths of the lake, everything is dark and everything is still. That is my heartspace.