Ten Thousand Reasons To Be Grateful

We have one thing to whine about, and ten thousand reasons to be grateful! The mind fastens on a single misery, and forgets all the countless sparkling faces of beauty. This is precisely when we need to meditate, because meditation is seeing clearly, "I am not this mind." 

There is no need to control the mind, or suppress it. Just see that the mind has its own playful restless irrepressible nature and let it go, let it roam through the universe. You are not the mind. 

The mind wants to drown you in waves of negative energy, waves of information. But right now, on this Sabbath morning, you don't need any more information. For a little while, don't be in-formed. Be in the formless. 

No need to rise above the waves or fight against them. Just sink down beneath them. Sink effortlessly and let the mind pass gently over you. Repose in the deeper waters of un-knowing. Un-knowing is the space of compassion. 

Then you can laugh, and cry, and sing again. Because laughter and tears, singing and forgiveness, do not arise from the mind. They arise from Being, from the ancient silence of the hridaya, in the very core of your chest. Rest here, and polish the jewel of your heart with this breath.