Yes, isn’t it such a paradox? We’re trying not to try just rest, sit back, not engage with the thoughts the emotions just see. Just see the sky the trees, the floor the windows just be.
Ram Dass out here reminding us that salvation might just be… unclenching your jaw.
You don’t need a mountaintop or a mantra from a verified guru. Sometimes the holiest thing you can do is put the bag down—especially if you’ve been carrying it like it contains the lost scrolls of your childhood shame.
“Suffering is part of the training program,” he said. But even monks skip class sometimes, darling. Especially when the syllabus just says “try less.”
So if your mind feels like a squirrel in a rave, sit. Breathe. Let the grip go. The world won’t fall apart. (And if it does, at least you won’t be holding it up alone.)
I’m trying.
Yes, isn’t it such a paradox? We’re trying not to try just rest, sit back, not engage with the thoughts the emotions just see. Just see the sky the trees, the floor the windows just be.
The paradox
So good.
Ram Dass out here reminding us that salvation might just be… unclenching your jaw.
You don’t need a mountaintop or a mantra from a verified guru. Sometimes the holiest thing you can do is put the bag down—especially if you’ve been carrying it like it contains the lost scrolls of your childhood shame.
“Suffering is part of the training program,” he said. But even monks skip class sometimes, darling. Especially when the syllabus just says “try less.”
So if your mind feels like a squirrel in a rave, sit. Breathe. Let the grip go. The world won’t fall apart. (And if it does, at least you won’t be holding it up alone.)
—Virgin Monk Boy
(Licensed to Rest. Ordained in Exhale Theology.)
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I really like this, letting go of the grasping at suffering so tightly. Allowing relief to emerge.