Doubt, chaos, uncertainty, darkness are all part of the same whole, the same indivisible aliveness of being.
Doubt, chaos, uncertainty, darkness are all part of the same whole, the same indivisible aliveness of being.
Doubt, chaos, uncertainty, darkness are all part of the same whole, the same indivisible aliveness of being.
There are pockets of wisdom and insight to be found throughout all the great spiritual traditions which can enlighten our lives. However no insights are of greater value, nor awaken us more, than those born from our own personal experience of our aliveness.
There are pockets of wisdom and insight to be found throughout all the great spiritual traditions which can enlighten our lives. However no insights are of greater value, nor awaken us more, than those born from our own personal experience of our aliveness.
There are pockets of wisdom and insight to be found throughout all the great spiritual traditions which can enlighten our lives. However no insights are of greater value, nor awaken us more, than those born from our own personal experience of our aliveness.
Change?
On the question of whether it is possible to change. Change is inevitable regardless of whether we want to or not. In what way, for better or worse, is out of our control.
Don’t expect anything to happen. Just wait. This waiting is a deep acceptance of the moment as such. Nietzsche called it amor fati — unquestioning love of whatever has fated you to be here. You reach a point where you’re just sitting there, asking, “What is this?” — but with no interest in an answer. The longing for an answer compromises the potency of the question. Can you be satisfied to rest in this puzzlement, this perplexity, in a deeply focused and embodied way? Just waiting without any expectations?
Stephen Bachelor
Don’t expect anything to happen. Just wait. This waiting is a deep acceptance of the moment as such. Nietzsche called it amor fati — unquestioning love of whatever has fated you to be here. You reach a point where you’re just sitting there, asking, “What is this?” — but with no interest in an answer. The longing for an answer compromises the potency of the question. Can you be satisfied to rest in this puzzlement, this perplexity, in a deeply focused and embodied way? Just waiting without any expectations?
Stephen Bachelor
Don’t expect anything to happen. Just wait. This waiting is a deep acceptance of the moment as such. Nietzsche called it amor fati — unquestioning love of whatever has fated you to be here. You reach a point where you’re just sitting there, asking, “What is this?” — but with no interest in an answer. The longing for an answer compromises the potency of the question. Can you be satisfied to rest in this puzzlement, this perplexity, in a deeply focused and embodied way? Just waiting without any expectations?
Stephen Bachelor
There is a there, there; but when you’re there, there’s nothing there…