Outcomes

Toward Favorable Outcomes

A little surprising, though old,I seem to be learning more steadily than ever before.Part of that is the many silly notionsI was taught early on, and am now correcting.It is helpful that God, as the ultimate reality, is acknowledged as good.But then are all the silly things.Why would the infinite and unlimited,limit itself to the form of a human,even of a man, maybe floating in a cloud.The notion of Tao is understood beyond form,but characterized by power directed toward good.

Just now, to take my place for meditation,I stepped into the warmth and lightof the sun through a window.And in that moment,things seemed a bit more positive.But I had done nothing to receive this. Just there.Then, as I take my posture,I feel the breath –just there, steady.No need to check or do anything for it.Just there, given.Life is carrying on.And I faintly sense that all aroundis interconnected in unfathomable waysthat make all this possible,that underlie everything in every direction,and without our help.

Then there are the spaces between thoughts,that now seem to be lighted, like the sun.And the rising of thoughtsseem directed towards different needs -making sense out of something,that to some degree was veiled,or the image of a physical arrangementthat does a job, etc.And the less strain to all thisseems to go with a better fitof thought to the need.So I’m starting to see thought like the sun or the breath.It simply arises to the context.I’m not doing it.And though there are miscues,it is often surprising how nicely things fit.

Therefore, it may be that a lot of our troubleis we have overlooked what is needed,and want to attend to other things.But there is an underlying forceto our true needs that won’t go away.So those thoughts arise when there is a space(maybe at bedtime, or even in a dream),and the Tao keeps pushing for a favorable outcome…