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We spend an inordinate amount of our lives preparing for our doneness. Its that time when we are ready and complete and our lives are happy and whole. For some reason, we think that this state exists in the normal realm of jobs, family, life, hassles, etc. and that when we have the right job, salary, house, etc. all will be fandoosical, despite the fact that we know of no one on the planet for whom it has worked that way… ever!

There’s delusion on the scale of I don’t think my wife would ever cheat on me and then there’s mass delusion, that is beyond comprehension. We keep doing the same shit over and over and over and over and over again and don’t understand why nothing changes. Billions of folks live their lives in abject misery, yet they still continue to strive for the stuff or the situation, that will make them whole and lead them to nirvana.

Silly rabbit, thats not the deal. The deal is we ain’t got no thing and we never will, unless we start accepting and embracing what is. We usually think when we hear something like that, that it means we can just cope with the negative and the fun stuff will still be here and we’ll reach true nirvana, because we accepted the bad and celebrated the good. There’s nothing to say we can’t celebrate the good, but until we embrace the fact that all joy is temporary or better yet, isn’t real, then there’s not a lot of point.

The cure for delusion is embracing, observing, and celebrating now. Once we start truly doing that, then all the other pieces can fall into place and expectations disappear.

Observe now.

Observe your mind.

Observe your silly thoughts and see them as silly, not bad or good just silly.