We often get confused about when to Be, when to try and Become. When to choose, when to Surrender. When to apply equanimity, when to apply defiance. Both which take a different kind of courage.
The courage to let go, the preparedness to sometimes be small, and not have the answers, to not be up to task, to allow ourselves to be undone is the source of real power and real becoming! The place of power and purpose we want to come to, the inheritance of stillness which we call enlightenment or nirvana, is not about how much wisdom we can accrue, how much we can build ourselves up. It is about a radical undoing; a deep surrender to what is, and a brave loving acceptance of what we are.
And conversely Strength is not a measure of power or some innate resource who only some have a deep well of within the fortress of their hearts - It is simply a decision, the spirit of defiance which says I will try again!
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Reflections #04: On Being & Becoming