Whatever you should do — enslaves you.

Whatever you could do — liberates you.

 

It sounds almost too cliche yet living this simple mantra is entirely different then understanding it.

 

Once we were simply alive and there was no context to the living itself — just pure living.

Once, there was no “should” — weather you’re alive or not is not a question of “SHOULD”. It’s just what—is.

In such state of mind, there was only “COULD”… which basically only implied the existence of possibilities. We could do either A or B, and we do not yet know what we will do… we never fully know.

As you may see, ”could” is based on what—is… it’s the direct extension of BEING NOW. We are now and we continue to be in one way OR another.

 

“Should”, however, is something else entirely. “Should” is based on what OUGHT—TO—BE.

What—ought—to—be clearly is NOT what—is.

What ought to be is a product of our minds, of our selves, which is basically, just an artificial projection.

Our minds, which are but a bungle of thoughts, mulling over the residue of the memory, our minds are projecting themselves into the future, are attempting to obtrude their version of reality on reality.

“Should” is basically the desire of EGO to BE certain way… and FOR THE WORLD TO BE CERTAIN WAY.

You should work harder.

You should achieve more.

You should be better!

The world should be a just place.

The politics should own up.

Right now, you should feel so GOOD and you don’t!

see, how the mind is constantly PROJECTING?

But “should” isn’t just a lie.

“Should” is outright malicious.

Each time you indulge in the stupid “WHAT OUGHT TO BE” and “WHAT SHOULD BE” inner blabber, you are creating the conflict, the strife, between the reality, with all it’s JOY and BEAUTY, and the IDEAL, which you can never touch, yet which ever enslaves you, in the constant struggle to comply to every stupid self—imposed SHOULD—BE RULE.

 

 

The true living from the “could” paradigm is a real REVOLUTION.

Renunciation of the PAST, renunciation of the “SHOULD”, is tremendously liberating.

“Could” is extraordinarily EMPOWERING. Could is the will to live, the inspiration, the JOY… the LIFE itself.

 

It is one thing to realize the prison walls of one’s ambitions, plans and ideals.

It is different to live ANEW every day, without the TAINT of ANY conditioning, any PAST—influence.

It is one thing to realize that your BEING is not dependent on becoming… it is one thing to realize your happiness, or sense of self, is not a function of achieving.

It is a different thing, however, to release the expectations day-to-day, to ever be free.

And it is a different thing to fully ACCEPT the NOW in EVERY WAY it comes…

We are not only corrupted by the vision of ourselves, LARGE, on some day of some unreachable future.

Day-to-day, we are corrupted by the desire to feel certain way, to re—experience certain feelings, certain glimpses of happiness, to recreate certain situations, moments, states.

This too, has to be understood, and then, transcended, released.

You shouldn’t “FEEL” certain way.

You… could.

You probably will.

But don’t view it as a fucking task.

Happiness, or being, is not your GOAL.

It’s not something you should enforce on yourself.

The moment there is “SHOULD”, there immediately is conflict.

Conflicts drain life out of you. Conflicts make you miserable.

Don’t choose the misery. Choose life.

NO SHOULD.

ONLY COULD.