82 Marbles
Today, I will judge nothing that occurs.
Deepak Chopra
Yes, I am aware that this is technically the rebuilding stage in the blog and the breakup should have completely receded into the background by now. Yet the borders between letting go and rebuilding are not as delineated as I would have liked to believe. In the rebuilding process there is a great deal of letting go, and in letting go, there is rebuilding. So I will unabashedly bring up the topic of the breakup again…
Yesterday I wrote about how marbles have been used to turn a “negative” situation into an opportunity for more awareness. The negative was in quotes because although a breakup is generally thought to be a negative situation, who can really say what is negative and what is positive?
There is an old Chinese story about a farmer who had an old horse that would help till his fields. The horse escaped one day and the man’s neighbors said, “What bad luck!” The farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?” The following week, the horse returned with a whole herd of wild horses from the hills. This time the neighbors said, “What great luck!” The farmer’s reply again was, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?” When the farmer’s son tried to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off the horse and broke his leg. The neighbors were sure that this was another instance of bad luck but the farmer, well, you know the farmer’s response by now. A month later, the army came to the village and drafted every young man except the farmer’s son who was recuperating from his broken leg. Was this good luck or bad luck? Who knows?
What would it take to not judge anything that occurs? What would it take to let go of the charge of events being positive or negative? What would it take to welcome life with the equanimity of the farmer?
PS I've decided to revise the format of the blog slightly. Eventually there will be no clear delineation between letting go and rebuilding. They aren't as polarized as I would have liked to have thought. Bear with me as I make the adjustments.
Today, I will judge nothing that occurs.
Deepak Chopra
Yes, I am aware that this is technically the rebuilding stage in the blog and the breakup should have completely receded into the background by now. Yet the borders between letting go and rebuilding are not as delineated as I would have liked to believe. In the rebuilding process there is a great deal of letting go, and in letting go, there is rebuilding. So I will unabashedly bring up the topic of the breakup again…
Yesterday I wrote about how marbles have been used to turn a “negative” situation into an opportunity for more awareness. The negative was in quotes because although a breakup is generally thought to be a negative situation, who can really say what is negative and what is positive?
There is an old Chinese story about a farmer who had an old horse that would help till his fields. The horse escaped one day and the man’s neighbors said, “What bad luck!” The farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?” The following week, the horse returned with a whole herd of wild horses from the hills. This time the neighbors said, “What great luck!” The farmer’s reply again was, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?” When the farmer’s son tried to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off the horse and broke his leg. The neighbors were sure that this was another instance of bad luck but the farmer, well, you know the farmer’s response by now. A month later, the army came to the village and drafted every young man except the farmer’s son who was recuperating from his broken leg. Was this good luck or bad luck? Who knows?
What would it take to not judge anything that occurs? What would it take to let go of the charge of events being positive or negative? What would it take to welcome life with the equanimity of the farmer?
PS I've decided to revise the format of the blog slightly. Eventually there will be no clear delineation between letting go and rebuilding. They aren't as polarized as I would have liked to have thought. Bear with me as I make the adjustments.
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