"Perhaps by realising the eternality of transience, the impermanence that is truer than any solidity we may seek or imagine. That it is actually the solidity that is the mirage, unattainable in anyone's life no matter how wealthy or powerful he may be. Sooner or later, entropy will take over the seemingly imperishable, and the dance of constant change will play itself out. Once we stop resisting change and the impulse to hanker after any kind of permanence, we can imagine how free we will become. Chains binding us to the destiny we imagine for ourselves, or to an identity we claim as 'ours', will fall away. And then, perhaps, we could be as free as the Dalai Lama seems, no matter what our circumstance are dishing up in that instant - pain, suffering, exile."
Extract from Dharamsala Diaries, Swati Chopra, Penguin Publishers India, 2007.
3 comments:
thanks for expressing your impressions!!!
have been reading trough your entrys, which touch memories especially of Dharamsala, in my heart.
kind regards
Thank you Spirit Child - I hope you keep reading and commenting although I have now left Dharamsala.
Much Peace
Darling Bex,
Have been in China the last few weeks, so your lovely blog along with many others has been blocked off behind the 'great firewall of china' by the government.
Just recently managed to hack past it so can now again enjoy your inspirational ramblings.
Keep up the good work,
Much Love,
Ell. xxx
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