Random chapter from the Tao Te Ching:
74
If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
there is nothing you can't achieve.
Trying to control the future
is like trying to take the master carpenter's place.
When you handle the master carpenter's tools,
chances are that you'll cut your hand.
And from Osho's Transformation oracle, number 35, "Mastery of Moods":
Everything passes, but you remain. You are the reality; everything else is just a dream. Beautiful dreams are there, nightmares are there... But it does not matter whether it is a beautiful dream or a nightmare; what matters is the one who is seeing the dream. That seer is the only reality.
Not holding on doesn't mean it hurts any less. Feelings are feelings and will not be denied.
Posted by: Sharon | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 08:52 PM