Weaving creates a steady state. This particular piece
reminds me of the spine. Vertebra by vertebra.
Consistent “picks” between each material
holding the structure in place.
All too often, through too much weight strain,
too much sitting, too much repetitive motion,
we sense damage to the
structural apparatus that holds us upright.
Or is it muscle memory around the spine? And
tension we put upon ourselves?
Dr. John Sarno wrote books about the subject of
back pain and how it comes from too much stress.
I’m beginning to realize that there is
something to the books that Sarno wrote
which makes sense.
Add our awareness of the possibility to
allow ourselves to be in a steady state,
without desires, beyond our self and back pain.
That gives us a path to move forward.
I love this quote from the Bhagavad-Gita:
“When a man completely casts off all desires
that have gone (deep) into the mind… when
he is satisfied in the Self through the Self alone,
then is he said to be of steady intellect.”
This means then… if we allow ourselves to rest
in the state of blissful Being and realize that this
steady Self is different from the mind, engaged
with all kinds of desires and activities, then
we can recognize our steady Self is really
all we need.
And let go of the stresses and to-do’s.
It’s not that we become inactive.
It’s that we stabilize our body and mind,
with our twice-a-day meditation practice,
to recognize the difference between
our steady state of Being and an overly fraught,
desire- and object-driven mind.
Weaving our way into Happiness.
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