LİFE İN THE MOMENT
Moments of life…
Moments of life and being Alive
The sudden thrill and chills you feel when you hear a great song, witness an amazing piece of art or an invaluable talent…
The excitement while trying to find a pen to write all the thoughts down that are spiralling in your head, when your fragile, delicate muse decides to visit you, forcing you to pull your car to the side of the road and write.
When sailing with the amazing dolphins, standing at the edge of the boat with a pounding heart every single time, wanting to jump into the sea to swim with them but knowing that they will immediately disappear if you do that!
Having the desire to sit up and wait all night long -without ever thinking, ‘it always rises the same way anyway’- to watch the fresh rising sun painting the sky into a sweet ruby colour with her graceful hands.
Impermanence.
‘Spring knows how to be summer and autumn leaves know how to fall down. Coming together and falling apart is the movement of time, movement of life… ?Accepting impermanence means that we spend less energy resisting reality. We see that impermanence is a river that runs through life, not a rock that stands in the way.’-Sakyong Mipham*
Impermanence is unavoidable and we face it in our lives in every situation whether we like it or not, that’s the only way life can work. Without impermanence everything would last forever. Without constant change, ’Life’ itself simply would be impossible. Understanding and accepting impermanence is a liberating experience as it teaches us to be less attached. By nature, every relationship involves a meeting and parting. This doesn’t mean we have less love. It means we have fewer fixations, less grasping on people, things and pleasure. Less suffering, less desperateness, more dignity, more freedom, more wisdom…
