Written by Mathew Naismith
I was going to right up on something completely different
today but the image above and message took my attention so I thought I would
share a few thoughts I have on this. Peace; it does not mean to be in a place where
there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things
and still be calm in your heart.
The following was my reply to this image and the attached
message.
Most definitely Rhea,
everyone can escape the noise and be in peace but not everyone can obtain peace
within the noise, this takes time to master.
I love sitting
somewhere noisy and chaotic and imagine I'm a butterfly fluttering around, it's
certainly a blessing.
Most people find a
quiet place to do this which doesn't take much focus or effort unless you are
noisy and chaotic. I find the most noisiest places and focus on being a
butterfly or a bird landing on everything around me including people. I must look
stupid because at times I have a huge grin on my face especially when I land on
other people.
I believe chaos has it’s place, it can teach us to focus
more and the more we focus the more connected we become. I believe this happens with Buddhist monks,
the teacher will go around with a paddle and wack the meditating monks with
this paddle to teach them to focus more on their connectedness. Most of us don’t need this distraction to
focus more intently, we have modern day life to do this for us and boy doesn’t
this hurt at times. J
Yes we could be in judgment of chaos as being bad or
negative but chaos is very much like the Buddhist teacher with the paddle…….. it’s here
to teach us to become more focused therefore connected. I also believe chaos is showing us where we
are still disconnected which is a good thing not a bad thing but I suppose that’s
just my silly optimistic way I like to look at life.
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