I have had the pleasure and fortune to study with a true master of loving kindness and compassion, Sharon Salzberg, on and off for a few years now. From this week's teaching, one line really stood out for me.
"Life should be a profound exploration."
I have attempted, in my short time on this tiny blue dot floating in infinitesimal space, to see this speck of matter crashing through the cosmos, to experience the peculiar inhabitants, to witness the spectacular fallout from divergent evolution across the globe. It hasn't always been profound. But is has been exploration. But externality is only one half of this great bargain with the world. There is an entire world of exploration within the realms of our being; perhaps this is where my travels will lead next. I sit, wait, and ponder; if given the proper time, proper surrounding, and proper motivation, enlightenment can be possible in our lifetimes. Enlightenment in understanding the true nature of all things. The absence of all existence, the emptiness of all phenomena. This is the ultimate level of understanding.
"A Buddha experiences the world completely free of grasping and delusion and mistaken appearance. Once this is understood, we can then help others to be free. "
-Kadam Morten
"First you reel me out,
then you cut the string."
-Thom Yorke
