Of course , this is a trap as well ; one even more insidious than our more materialistic greeds — for the source of our suffering is not a lack of Inner Peace , but rather our personal need to experience that Peace for ourselves ; the source of our deepest pain is not the things we seemingly lack , but rather comes solely from our determination to attain the same .
So how do we remove ourselves from this cycle of despair ? How can we leave the life of futile striving and enter the realm of Bliss-full Living ? … I do not know all the ways to do so , and yet there is one Way of which I am aware — one Way I have tested myself for over a decade of my own life — one Way that always brings Peace to moments of discord , always brings Joy to times of sadness , and always brings Contentment to instants filled with fear .
And this is the “ Way of Selfless Dancing ” -- the Way of setting aside our personal regrets & feelings of weakness in favor of engaging bold acts of courageous caring … the Way of setting aside our reasonable criticisms of enemies & annoyances in favor of engaging bold acts of humble forgiveness & radical gratitude … the Way of setting aside our understandable desires to have “ more ” & attain “ better ” in favor of engaging bold acts of selfless giving … the Way of setting aside the subtle temptations to live our lives internally ; to merely think about “ being more loving ” — in favor of getting up and going forth to BE that LOVE .
In closing , it must be clear to you all by now that striving for “ happiness ” will simply not ever work , and that merely sitting still & “ going within ” won ’ t bring you real Joy either … No , my Friends , when it comes to attaining that everelusive state of lasting , deep-seated Bliss , we must eventually choose to make our lives about Giving instead of receiving . And in order to make our lives reflections of that pure Giving , we will have to eventually open our eyes , stand our bodies up ,
… and choose to “ Move it , Move it ”!
Amen … Let it be so .
“ I will teach you everything about being a lemur king : the bossing , the bragging — but most of all , the boogieing !” ~ King Julien
( inspired by Osho … … & of course , King Julien )
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