\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
BY ONLINE AUTHORS
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/item_id/1462733-Part-3--The-End-We-Sea
Image Protector
\"Reading Printer Friendly Page Tell A Friend
(1)
Rated: E · Folder · Spiritual · #1462733
Will staying in the river lead to the endless sea? Even with life's cyclical nature?
Awareness is more about "returning" than it is about "staying," and thus in the final chapter of Bottle in the River, we find the cyclical nature of everything.

In those rare moments where we've reached a spiritual goal . . . maybe we think we achieved "concentration," or Samadhi, or Nirvana, or Enlightenment, or Balance, or "peace of mind" . . . we can end up right back where we started. After a few cycles, we then realize it's about the journey to the dream, not the dream itself. It's about returning, not staying.
PORTFOLIO  
Portfolio -> Bottle in the River -> Part 3: The End: We Sea!
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Wet Basement  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1469930
    The Poet recognizes that impermanence is here to help us back into the flow.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Life  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1471442
    Uncertainty connects us. From "Bottle in the River."
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    The Age of Terror  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1469932
    The Poet finds himself floating in a pool of fear, stagnating with the rest of culture.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    a Poem is . . . .   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1469915
    The Poet reaches into the river and pulls out, from the stream of thought . . . . a poem.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Way Muse In  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Spiritual · #1470160
    Ode to the muse or the river or the dreamtime or whatever . . . From Bottle in the River.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Discipline  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1464040
    Discipline can be helpful, until we become attached to discipline.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Translucence  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1476594
    The river, enlightenment, sainthood, monkdom . . . even you and me . . . we are all one.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Waves of Love  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1476595
    Having gone down the river to the ocean again, the Poet learns to ride the waves of love.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Evaporation  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #1476600
    With patience and good intention, the ocean and fear can share one thing: evaporation.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Ocean In Tension  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1474528
    Finally, the Poet makes it to the ocean, and it’s not blissful like heaven.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Now  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1462925
    The Poet learns that presence is about returning again and again, like the cycle of water.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    All Things Cycle  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1475432
    Not blissful, the sea returns the Poet to the beginning, where he again chooses the river.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Ocean Intention  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Spiritual · #1474530
    Learning that lessons are endless, bliss nonexistent, the Poet returns to the river.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    Wake  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #1476598
    Having traveled the river at least twice, the Poet is no longer disappointed by the sea.
    Item Cover
    Static Item Icon
    The Seventh Day  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Religious · #1476603
    On the Seventh Day, the Lord threw a party and made a toast!
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/item_id/1462733-Part-3--The-End-We-Sea