Didn't Want To Let Go

didn't want to let go - yet this too belonged 

in the moment that was 

given

~

It's not an argument against reality, our longing, our hurt, and lost desires are an appearance and in a sense illusory, there is no real self to hold to suffering. But there is no denying their occurrence, no need to. By virtue of appearance they belong, for the entire length of stay the are an honored guest within awareness. Even though they hurt. Even as we demand for them to leave. What saves us isn't denial, or an attempt to wish a thing away - no, our relief is found in the search for the one who suffers. It's this inquiry that leads to a profound sense of relaxation. The absent not of suffering but of the sufferer. What we find is simply space, or better said, our own spaciousness that allows for all things to be exactly as they are. 

Until they change. 

When something new appears. 

And that too belongs within our 

capacity to hold all

things. 

Peace,

Eric