So often we have big plans.
In order to make an impact and matter we seek out large scale projects and initiatives. We need non-profits and funding and community outreach and social platforms for that change to grow.
What if we simply planned on being more available?
What if our project was to be available when others needed a hand,
if they needed advice,
or a shoulder to lean on.
What if you were always ready, always available when others needed you? What if everyone shared this same willingness and preparedness?
What would suffering, problems, mental illness and inequality look like if we lived in a community of openness and acceptance?
You might be the one we are looking for.
Showing posts with label mental illness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental illness. Show all posts
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Eyelashes in your eye.
You are not your neurosis. You are not your flaws.
You are not your mood, your mental state, your anxiety or depression.
You are not the pain, the suffering, the highs or the lows.
Yet you identify with it because it is so prominent, so strong. So irritating.
But you know that it is not right.
You have a basic wisdom, an inner knowing that knows it is not who you are, that this is not the way that you were meant to be.
So you look to get better. You look to fix yourself, to improve your health, your life. You might even look for a pill.
But before you do, let me tell you:
You've already done the hard part.
You've identified the gap.
The gap between your neurosis and your wisdom. The gap between the energetic display and your true nature.
That may be a big step to take all at once. But what if you stopped identifying with the neurosis, the anxiety, the pain and the discomfort?
What if you identified with the unerring and true? What if you identified with your natural clarity and your innate goodness? Your wisdom?
Now that you have identified the gap,
you only need to train.
You are not your mood, your mental state, your anxiety or depression.
You are not the pain, the suffering, the highs or the lows.
Yet you identify with it because it is so prominent, so strong. So irritating.
But you know that it is not right.
You have a basic wisdom, an inner knowing that knows it is not who you are, that this is not the way that you were meant to be.
So you look to get better. You look to fix yourself, to improve your health, your life. You might even look for a pill.
But before you do, let me tell you:
You've already done the hard part.
You've identified the gap.
The gap between your neurosis and your wisdom. The gap between the energetic display and your true nature.
That may be a big step to take all at once. But what if you stopped identifying with the neurosis, the anxiety, the pain and the discomfort?
What if you identified with the unerring and true? What if you identified with your natural clarity and your innate goodness? Your wisdom?
Now that you have identified the gap,
you only need to train.
Labels:
anxiety,
authentic,
buddhanature,
clarity,
depression,
Dzogchen,
gap,
goodness,
happiness,
insight,
knowledge,
mental illness,
neurosis,
Seattle,
suffering,
true,
true nature,
wisdom
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