No Matter What is Happening
from Mother Poems and a Crack in Time by Shambhavi Sarasvati at Kindred 108. We're all kindred here.
Every day we choose some clothes. But if we’re too attached to appearances then in all this magical display there’s nothing to enjoy. If we have enough yet worry about getting more then despite the miracle of being alive happiness eludes us. If times seem hard and we rail against them fear distorts clear seeing and we cannot skillfully cross the river of circumstance. Living or dying if we care too much about the times behind us we cannot gain the fruits of this supreme passage. Life renews constantly like waves continually riding to shore. If we only want to grow and maintain while rejecting subsidence our suffering will drown us. Our Mother is the living light of infinite circumstance. We rest in Her awake, dreaming, living or dying. If you have recognized this try to remember in every moment every day. To do this is our sole aim no matter what is happening.
from Mother Poems and A Crack in Time by Shambhavi Sarasvati
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A lot of timely advice crafted in this beautiful poem. Thanks!
To know when enough is enough, to know contentment, to not be stuck mourning the past circumstances or projecting new future ones - there is a lot of freedom in here.
And learned a new word - subsidence.