Is the world a great disappointment?

Is the world paradise?

 

I’ve seen pain and joy

I’ve seen love and hatred

I’ve seen confusion and clarity

I’ve seen abundance and scarcity

I’ve seen elevation and decay

I’ve seen intelligence an ignorance

I’ve seen darkness and light

 

All of it is real

How can you deny it?

All of it is obviously very real

You’ve seen it yourself

Why would you deny it? Why would you deny it but to delude yourself…

 

Why do you try to conclude that this world is this way or that way,

Isn’t it both?

Your life can be miserable but it doesn’t change the utter abundance and exuberance and vastness of existence

Your life can be a dream but it doesn’t change the very real pain of the world, darkness and confusion and ignorance and suffering

 

I want you to hold both perceptions of the world, simultaneously

I want you to hold them both because that is the truth

And only truth can liberate you

 

You are here and there’s this fathomless ocean of possibilities

Please make the most out of it

This ocean of possibilities – irrespective of your objectively terrible or objectively terrific life situation – it’s still there

If anything – you having ‘problems’ makes it only more obvious what needs be done

(me i love having bad luck)

 

We’re here and most likely are engaged in some sort of attempt to solve our problems

Eradicate some of that confusion

Eradicate some of that ignorance

Eradicate some of that frustration

Eradicate some of that craving

Before eventually we ourselves are eradicated

And it’s ok

 

You’re here and most likely engaged in some attempts to solve your problems

Eradicate your problems, before you yourself are eradicated

Eradicate some problems, enjoy the ride otherwise

Eradicate some problems – fail to eradicate the rest

Yes

You won’t solve all your problems will you?

Some you won’t even manage to budge

And it’s ok

Just do your best otherwise

 

You won’t succeed at eradicating all your problems

Likely right now you have a problem and you won’t succeed at eradicating it today,

maybe not even tomorrow,

maybe not even in this lifetime

and it’s ok

 

Can you simultaneously be eradicating all your problems – and accept your inability to ultimately succeed?

If you passively accept – it’s merely a dead apathy

If you struggle endlessly with no satisfaction – you will exhaust yourself and die

Can you neither delude yourself with the false ‘optimism’ and ‘positivity’ of this paradise-world notion, nor settle for some grim, defeatist philosophy of pessimism and misery?

 

the good life and the miserable life

the heaven and hell

the ability and inability

the growth and stagnation

the overcoming and the failing

i want you to always know that you have a choice – while understanding and respecting and accepting the other side

I want you to always be making that choice, with everything you do and every fucking breath you draw – while not turning your eyes away from the other side

 

whether things go right or not right – you still DO the RIGHT

whether you can change something or not – you DO your best

whether you win or fail – you ACCEPT the outcome. You don’t struggle with it. You only struggle with your EFFORTS.

You are profoundly humble and grateful and accepting of your good AND BAD fortunes – while also NEVER stagnant, NEVER complete, NEVER finished