Here are some things that I have learned/experienced this week...
- We are not separate from nature. We really aren't.
- I love to take pictures of mushrooms and sunsets.
- I have a fear of humans and our capacity to inflict our suffering on each other and the Earth.
- When you experience suffering you are in a position to empathise with others. Empathy is a huge help in the practice of compassion.
- When you face fear or pain with compassion, suffering appears to subside.
- Experiencing the interconnection between suffering and compassion, it's clear that one simply cannot exist without the other and as such neither exist as I perceive them to.
- When there is nothing else to do, I do yoga.
'as within, so without'
- Dependant Origination - "If this arises, then that will arise. If this does not arise then that will not arise".
- I am inspired by tempestuous nature.
- I need to be aware of the suffering that manifests in my mind in order to perceive the true reality of being human. I then need to use this awareness to practice compassion and be of use to the World and ultimately help as many beings as possible find true happiness.
- I'm confused but, relatively, very happy.
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4 comments:
Beautiful Insights.
Opposites seem to arise from the eternal. If there were only light, then we would be lost in the glare of the light and would not be self aware. We need dark to contrast light and to create form. Cells, membranes, barriers, trap light, but they also are intergral in creation. It's just that when too much pressure or lack of balance occurs in these cells or worlds or universes, then suffering seems to take place. But anyway, yin needs yang and yang needs yin in order to reflect and see its self or to be self aware. And then through the awareness that we find, we can alleviate the pressure and tensions that do build up in ourselves and the world.
Happy New Year. It's fun reading your blog. It's nice seeing someone out there with similar interests.
Wonderful thoughts and insights. It is wonderful that you are open with your process of discovery, it helps those of us reading your blog to reflect on ourselves also. I love your picture, you look so happy and at peace. Have a wonderful new year, every moment is a fresh begining.
"Everyone thinks their burden is the heaviest" - Bob Marley
Happy New Year - don't spend too much time alone.
Treewright, thank you :0)
This Solitary retreat was only 2 weeks, I tend not to be alone very often, which is why I take myself off.
Being able to practice meditation and spiritual study in nature, alone, appears to deepen my experience and has proved to be one of the best ways for me to progress in my practice.
I know it's not for everyone. I am also under no illusions that my worries are the biggest - from experience I know that is never the case.
I happen to be incredibly fortunate, and delight in that fact most of the time (see my other blog, bee-leaf.blogspot.com). Otherwise I wouldn't be able to go off for 2 weeks doing a retreat!
hen
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