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Posted by Nina
on 6/19/2009, 7:09 pm, in reply to "secret of the flower"
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: The
: ten-thousand 'things' are subject to decay
: and death simply by the virtue of being
: born. You can't escape from that. No matter
: how hard you try.
:
: The only thing we can actually release from
: is that which we (I) am not. Therein lies
: contentment. The source/mind/tao is not
: subject to temporary conditions such as time
: and decay, and therefore is only 'found' in
: the 'moment'.
:
:
I don't get it. Why bother thinking about death and decaying? Sure, it's gonna happen eventually to all of us and all the 10,000 things.
When you look at a beautiful blooming flower or a butterfly, do you not enjoy the beauty of it because you think of its decaying and death?
Granted...... I have a pretty simple mind most of the time and I probably lose the "deeper" meaning of all this spirichool stuff, but.......
My happiness (no need for contentment) isn't based on searching for something that isn't included in the temporary.
Isn't each moment temporary?
Do with it what you will.
Smiles seem to overcome me.
Unforced.
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