Liberation

Anthony appreciated this week's reading and shared this. Thank you all for bringing us such an opportunity to think deeper on What Is:) from Anthony serving Life Sentence: Yesterday we were displaced from our dorm because of the approaching hurricane. We were sent to a different dorm where we will be sleeping on the floor in their TV room until the storm passes on Friday. They brought us new mattresses and pillows late in the day. A guy that lives in this dorm tried to take the mattress that I was given because it is newer than the one he has on his bed. I woke up with a headache which progressively worsened throughout the day. It turns out that I have some sort of nasal infection because by later in the evening I couldn't breathe out of my nose. I just wanted to sleep but it was very noisy because they were watching football and for some reason a lot of people in here like to clap and holler after each play. I was laying on the floor with a constant stream of thoughts of just how bad my life sucks when it dawned on me that I was in full resistance mode to what life was presenting. Once I realized this I was able to accept, relax and finally fall asleep. Everyday of my life provides a lesson in learning to accept what is because resistance in my life situation is futile.Yesterday was a little more extreme than most days but still the internal dialogue is always worse than whatever it happening externally. Take care! I will write later and share my views on the Hindu and Taoist teachings

Thankyou for sharing Anthony. Thankyou Jt for further sharing it here. The awareness that we may be resisting the flow of life is , I guess, a step towards accepting life " as it is." Will wait for your views on Hinduism. Have read a bit on it , so we can have some good conversations on it.