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I was glad to hear
you are planning to live to 90
I would like to have you around at least that long
I know you can't stay forever
Still I am happy to think
that you want to go on living
even as the body winds down
It did give me a moments pause
I thought is it just for a few more chess games
or what?
Then it occurred to me deep down
Da you are someone who loves life
whatever caveats you may invoke from time to time
You are a true bon vivant
perhaps even accused of grasshopper leanings
yet as steady as the ant you followed your bliss
and more often than not you found it
perhaps to readily in drink or arguementation
but those were perhaps masks
to protect the childlike
curiosity and playfulness
you liked what you liked and stood by it
with a certainty which most loose to rationalizations of experts or fashion
So I am happy to have basked in your grandfatherly glow
you taught me much
of wonder and heroism
so a shy day dreaming grandson
would receive his secret inheritance
and pass it on to his grandsons some day
sitting on an old couch book on his lap and listening deeply to your voice knowing it to be deep and warm and comforting
like Gandalf's or Robinhood's or Merlin's
Strong and wise and loving
Buddhas great realization was not that there is suffering
any idiot can realize this by banging his head against the wall
What the Buddhas scientific research into the true nature of reality uncovered is
that true reality is bliss/nirvana because it is uncompounded and all pervasive inseparable from our true nature and it is just a matter of unlearning our habit of being bummed out and dissatisfied because we mistakingly think we are limited to our constituent impermanent parts
labeled as me.
capiche?
I tell myself
Think of others
Think of others
Think of others
as being not so different from oneself
in wishing for Happiness
in wishing to avoid pain
in being confused about
how to create the causes for happiness that lasts and is not so dependent on external conditions.
If reality is the display of ones mental projections
then we can reprogram the habitual imagery of our limited idea of a self
that feels separate and lacking.
By relaxing the grip of self fixation
I am immediately benefit
by focusing on others happiness
because I am not being tortured by
the contant monologue of "what do I need
what Do I need what do need now "
Maybe this is why people with pets and healthy relationships with friends and family live longer and report happier quality of life?
Just a thought to share
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