it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
I think the highest form of spirituality is simply learning how to live your life. Not escaping into altered states, collecting initiations, memorizing scriptures, or trying to become something other than what you already are. All of those things do have their place along the way, but eventually they have to lead you back here. Back to making breakfast, taking care of your body, doing your work, loving the people around you, and paying attention to what is directly in front of you. The point of the path isn’t to take you out of life, it’s to teach you how to be completely inside it.
The point of practice isn’t to spend your entire life practicing. It’s to become so completely present that the division between practice and life disappears. You stop looking for the sacred somewhere else because you realize there is nowhere else for it to be. Washing dishes is it. Training is it. Sitting quietly with someone you love is it. Growing old is it. Even boredom, grief, and uncertainty are part of it. Eventually you put down all the methods and explanations and simply participate in your own existence. The highest teaching is living ordinary life completely.
When you're sad, remember that there's a tiny protein called kinesin working its hardest to keep you alive. While you read this, millions of these little proteins work tirelessly so that your body keeps functioning.
7 hours of sleep. Early morning swim. Big fat breakfast and lunch. WFH. Logged out at 4. Back in bed with a book now to get of my reading slump. Moistured, unbothered in my lane.
El que puede estar un fin de semana en su casa tranquilo sin hacer demasiado ya ha ganado. El que puede quedarse durmiendo, leyendo, escuchando música o mirando alguna serie sin aburrirse ni sentirse vacío, sin salir corriendo a buscar estímulos, es el que lo ha entendido todo.
moved to a new city with 23 kg suitcase and a sandwich my mom made. refused to bring it at first, felt like extra weight.
first night, alone and hungry, tiny room, no idea where to get food. found that squashed little sandwich, enjoyed every bite of it, fell asleep with a smile.