a different kind of inner view
it's all magnified
the highs will make you fly
but the lows make you want to die
- missy higgins
Being able to fly for days off the smallest word or gesture, however thoughtful or thoughtless, is such an amazing gift to have... but boy, I can never get used to those drops caused by the smallest word or gesture, however thoughtful or thoughtless.
Given that you can't have one without the other, I wonder sometimes if I'd be better off (or, at the very least, more sane) without either.
I'm suddenly reminded of something e. wrote a long, long time ago:
But I can't say that all of Buddhist teachings resonate with me (what I understand of them, anyway). I have no interest in eliminating desire and suffering. I'm interested in experiencing them, reveling in them, learning from them, understanding them. Maybe the objective in Buddhism is to do that, and then to transcend them, leaving behind their capacity for destruction. Noble, to be sure. A world of enlightened beings would be terribly idyllic. Call it selfish if you want, but I want my world with drama.
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