Mr. SponsorPants

scrambling for security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

even if we are bitter or insane or broken

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I know,

at various times in my journey,

I have been each -- or all -- of the three.

 

If today you feel you are any

(or all),

take heart;

 

you don't have to worry about

achieving any kind of union,

because it's not the union which will heal you.

It's the seeking.

 

 

that's why I need allies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your own two feet.

 

Emotionally we have many problems, but these problems are not actual problems; they are something created; they are problems pointed out by our own self-centered ideas or views.

 

A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are.

 

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

 

Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.

 

 

 

 

let go a little or let go a lot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes it is tough to look at -- sometimes it is truly a bitter insight -- how I can occasionally do just enough work to leave me in a tolerable level of pain, rather than do the Real Work and live in true peace.

And I've come to believe my "pain" -- be it real, imagined or (most likely) self-manufactured -- is a gateway drug to self obsession.

And oh my God do I love to live there sometimes.

Because if I'm thinking about my pain (drama!) I'm thinking about -- obsessing about -- me.

Less and less over time, but it's still a pattern. Still a part of me.

Still sometimes a sick twist to my spirit.

"...God... relieve me of the bondage of self...".

Please.

 

 

 

Marianne's insight can serve as shorthand for much of the 3rd Step

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd rather be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

she would know; lady sang the blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh! So THAT'S why I was so tired...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you will be surprised