Passage

This is a time for a deep let-go. Allow any pain, sorrow, or difficulty just to be there, accepting its "facticity." It is very much like the experience of Gautam Buddha when, after years of seeking, he finally gave up, knowing there was nothing more that he could do. That very night, he became enlightened.

Transformation comes, like death, in its own time. And, like death, it takes you from one dimension into another.

-- "Transformation", from the Osho Zen Tarot

Comments

[Cindy L]

Isn't that the truth ....that we find what we're seeking when we ease up and stop looking? Usually works for me. I love that. Interestingly, the culture we live in tells us to "keep working hard at it" and to beat it to death. I don't buy that anymore.

[Joanne]

It's almost as though if we just allow ourselves to "be" in the moment, and not be striving or seeking or moving onward, everything falls into place. A peace, in a way.

[Sharon]

"In its own time" is the key here. Not "my" time, which is the piece that is so hard for me to accept. The universe is patient, which means there is still time.

[Kitty]

There's a kind of relief that comes when I let go of trying to make something happen. Sometimes there's great wisdom in saying "I give up."

And I agree about what our culture has done with this. It's really doing violence to ourselves, and ironically it's not effective in helping us accomplish what we say we want to accomplish. It's like fighting with life instead of allowing it to unfold.