Unsettled Enlightenment ...

After reflecting on today's "Questions and Reflections", I happened upon this quotation of Ralph Waldo Emerson which seemed relevant to the topic and my own thoughts -


There are certainly some traditions worth holding onto if one can, but only if one is at peace with the ironically unchanging fact that change is not simply inevitable - it is essential to life and, as I believe, what gives us existence itself ... all of it.

If we genuinely wish greater enlightenment than what we currently possess, if we truly wish a better world than what we have and have made, we must embrace the evolving nature of ourselves and everything, everywhere, everywhen.

As the Buddha might have put it, embrace with the open hand. Enjoy but do not cling. Clinging is to close one's awareness to change and to open oneself to rather rude awakenings when a gentler growth is possible to you.

Wish to be settled ... but don't wish too hard. Refuse to sit still. Grow - it's your best choice.