This too shall pass
Life is such an experience of impermanence.
We are constantly reminded of this through death, diseases, through life changing times like Covid or world wars, or just all of history in general.
What about also of all the times that we spent very long times in the darkness, days, months or even years. Just hanging on without any hope to be completely surprised by something that made it all worth it.
When the times of pleasure happen, we attach to this and try to hold on to it, even too long. As soon as it starts to crumble, we try to hold on to in but as soon as it melts it becomes very much like water going through our hands.
But what if we just let things flow, to look at this like a waterfall that is so gorgeous from the top of this massive flow of energy coming from a built up from many little actions.
To enjoy the rush of the fall, of the water separating into what was so whole to tiny drops of water which begins the process again.
Looking at things like this makes it seem so simple.
It truly is this simple in theory. It's all cycles that make us become more through both suffering and pleasure.
But maybe this feeling of being lost, of feeling trapped, of no longer being conscious about what is going on and just being in our feelings is an important step as well.
To feel in levels that wouldn't be possible with this amount of consciousness of life.
But to be trapped to long, one becomes obsessed about this certain state, to try to make everything around us justify this reality. Because once we understand and get used to a state, it becomes much easier to work around it.
But this too shall pass.
What is the right amount of energy spent in either states? How does one decide, how does one know?
Is the balance to feel until it doesn't affect others, our environnement, our key values?
Or is it truly only to stay on track of our true purpose.
That the suffering we cause to others is part of the exchange of energy to direct all of us.
But what is our true purpose?
Is it what we were told was right for us?
How could this be accurate if we aren't guided by individuals who have mastered their mind.
Is there something else which guides us that is beyond it all.
This feeling deep down that when it isn't trapped by this intensity of suffering or pleasure which we become unconscious about life.
This feeling beyond it all that always comes around in times of when we have just spent enough time in this state that it is absolutely enough we then finally move forward.
Does this feeling need to work with this intense pleasure and suffering to build ourselves?
Or can we learn and grow to our true selves by just letting everything flow.
To remind ourselves of times when we feel like everything and everyone around us is against us.
That this too shall pass.
To remind ourselves of times where we are the all star of life, where we feel the most acknowledged for our great actions.
That this too shall pass.
Can we then feel it all in a dose that becomes much more useful to continue the journey.
To welcome the unknown knowing that it is quite familiar once we become conscious of these emotions were always a function of ourselves.
To focus more of what emotion this is and appreciate what it is telling us versus wanting it to go away or to make it more intense to compensate for the times that we didn't appreciate the accountability our body was giving us.
I believe that the more we practice appreciating all emotions that pass, the more we become aware of their utility.
The more we differentiate them, the more we become aware of
This too shall pass.
But even in times that we feel sure too have all of this all mastered, and we believe we are flowing and things either of pleasure or of pure suffering isn't going to trap us in this illusion of life.
This too shall pass.
In the end, all we can do is try our best to always master our reaction to these emotions towards being the best human being we can.
As we are sharing this experience of life and we are all struggling to realize at times.
That this too shall pass.