By Virtue

By Virtue:

by virtue of appearance - and through this we come to accept each moment exactly as they are, immediate in their belonging, certain only of the world in motion. What appears is our reality, even if only brief in stay. This includes our every contradiction and insistence for things to be other than they are right now. Everything belongs simply because our situation finds them present, and it's our role to respond in similar fashion, trusting in the answers that arrive. 

this is true, and real surrender - each moment being as it is without bias of our concerns or notice, life continuous in its flow. There is no effort to any of this, no struggle until we offer our resistance, and even this is immediately accepted. 

it all happens completely on its own.

we are not helpless in this surrender, fatalistic in our reaction - to accept what's present frees us to live in a more responsive manner, unafraid to find ourselves fearful, without answers, uncertain of the world. It's at this point we gain in self-compassion, allowing ourselves our every hurt and slightest wound. We find ourselves healers by virtue of our response, immediate in the recognition that everything belong. There is no wish or need for false comfort, no wisdom to be gained by hollow words. Suffering often happens and there is no reason to deny its presence. We accept it in equal fashion as our joy, an appearance too, and it only heals through the tenderness of our attention. 

it's all by virtue of grace and mystery, everything, life - there are no sure and certain answers, no enlightened way that guides us in response. We figure things out as they occur, free of guilt for our mistakes, accepting ourselves and our present situation...

exactly as they are. 

~

Peace, Eric