Thank you for writing this two-parter. I've been thinking about things like this a lot lately (as a White person who doesn't know the specifics of their ancestry but really loves this planet; as an anxious, sometimes angry person who is still figuring out when and where those emotions are helpful or not). What does it mean to meditate if…
Thank you for writing this two-parter. I've been thinking about things like this a lot lately (as a White person who doesn't know the specifics of their ancestry but really loves this planet; as an anxious, sometimes angry person who is still figuring out when and where those emotions are helpful or not). What does it mean to meditate if those lessons never translate beyond the altar? Is it enough, as don Miguel Ruiz says in The Four Agreements, to do your best at whatever you're doing, even if that isn't very good on a lot of days? What is the impact of making promises that you may never keep (see Wendell Berry's poem, which feels like a personal call-out some days)? Human'ing is hard and messy.
It really is hard and messy. But Ruiz isn't wrong. What if everyone really did do the best they can all the time, even just when it comes to taking the high road of kindness? What a difference it would make.
Thank you for writing this two-parter. I've been thinking about things like this a lot lately (as a White person who doesn't know the specifics of their ancestry but really loves this planet; as an anxious, sometimes angry person who is still figuring out when and where those emotions are helpful or not). What does it mean to meditate if those lessons never translate beyond the altar? Is it enough, as don Miguel Ruiz says in The Four Agreements, to do your best at whatever you're doing, even if that isn't very good on a lot of days? What is the impact of making promises that you may never keep (see Wendell Berry's poem, which feels like a personal call-out some days)? Human'ing is hard and messy.
It really is hard and messy. But Ruiz isn't wrong. What if everyone really did do the best they can all the time, even just when it comes to taking the high road of kindness? What a difference it would make.