Post by enigma on Apr 18, 2013 12:28:58 GMT -8
Marie and I had a good squirrel satsang in the park yesterday. We were talking about purpose and I was saying there is no purpose, no meaning, no plan of any kind, though of course we're free to define our own.
This idea that life was inherently meaningless disturbed her, and I said this is just mind wanting to hold onto it's illusions and beyond those illusions there is no problem, so work through it if you can. And so she took a moment by herself so that she could have a look and see what was really going on.
She saw the resistance of mind that wants to feel meaningful in it's delusion of separation, and I think she saw that there is nothing that has defined a purpose for her, and she decided that it was really okay. She could still 'make a difference' and do what she enjoyed. In fact, there is a sense of freedom in being able to define one's own purpose.
It's a good example of how we form beliefs in order to make ourselves feel better, and then start resisting when someone tries to rob us of our illusions, and yet all illusions must be seen through if we hope to see life as it actually is, and with a little courage this seeing is not difficult. It's not about making ourselves feel better, it's about Peace, which is the absence of delusion.
This idea that life was inherently meaningless disturbed her, and I said this is just mind wanting to hold onto it's illusions and beyond those illusions there is no problem, so work through it if you can. And so she took a moment by herself so that she could have a look and see what was really going on.
She saw the resistance of mind that wants to feel meaningful in it's delusion of separation, and I think she saw that there is nothing that has defined a purpose for her, and she decided that it was really okay. She could still 'make a difference' and do what she enjoyed. In fact, there is a sense of freedom in being able to define one's own purpose.
It's a good example of how we form beliefs in order to make ourselves feel better, and then start resisting when someone tries to rob us of our illusions, and yet all illusions must be seen through if we hope to see life as it actually is, and with a little courage this seeing is not difficult. It's not about making ourselves feel better, it's about Peace, which is the absence of delusion.
