tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16239386.post114312072836214462..comments2023-06-20T06:37:00.019-04:00Comments on Enlighten Me: Mundane LifeSophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13438462446034169553noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16239386.post-1143260124157332802006-03-24T23:15:00.000-05:002006-03-24T23:15:00.000-05:00There's that famous William Blake quote: 'To see t...There's that famous William Blake quote: 'To see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower' - and less well known lyrics from a song by Dishwalla I put in that song thread from a while back: 'see the pain and beauty all around - see them try so hard to take me down.'<BR/><BR/>To me these two kind of covers it, in general spiritual people seem to like to focus on the beauty or the bliss but I can't ignore the pain or the ignorance in the world. If the mundane is an unconscious life of being an automaton, going through these motions, (maybe even being rather satisfied with it - even blissful) then what is not mundane is being conscious, not selectively but of all of it.<BR/><BR/>So my experience is that there is a depth, it could be pleasant or not, but the only thing for sure is that you're touched by it. Whether positive or negative there is an aliveness. I think that's what makes spiritual experience so striking to people used to a mundane life, because it has an intensity that people are just not used to - it might even be too much at times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16239386.post-1143182935518309812006-03-24T01:48:00.000-05:002006-03-24T01:48:00.000-05:00It would be nice to be able to enjoy the ordinary....It would be nice to be able to enjoy the ordinary.<BR/><BR/>To notice the artwork on the chinese bowl on my desk. To be amazed that there are various pieces of paper lying on my desk. To derive satisfaction from each and every sensation. <BR/>We would need nothing more.<BR/><BR/>That would be nice. :)Red Barkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271057885244539420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16239386.post-1143155728406833602006-03-23T18:15:00.000-05:002006-03-23T18:15:00.000-05:00StaceyThe ordinary is extra-ordinary.Stacey<BR/>The ordinary is extra-ordinary.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023844543481324561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16239386.post-1143155568536162002006-03-23T18:12:00.000-05:002006-03-23T18:12:00.000-05:00nondualreality"The greater truths are shown to us ...nondualreality<BR/>"The greater truths are shown to us in the mundane events of the everyday."<BR/>Great point.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023844543481324561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16239386.post-1143153677086734492006-03-23T17:41:00.000-05:002006-03-23T17:41:00.000-05:00Great post Stacey, What you say rings true to me. ...Great post Stacey, <BR/><BR/>What you say rings true to me. I think for the last few months I have been stuck in a bit of an rut, wanting to break out of my "everyday boring life" and "experience something more." I came to realise that I could not really define that something more, and meditating on this thought I came to the following conclusion<BR/><BR/>Every waking moment is part of a continuos dialogue with the universe. You talk to it through your thoughts and actions, and it talks to your through the events in your life, the words and actions of others. Everything is a wake up call, a question, an answer in front of your eyes.<BR/><BR/>It is this exact thought that has brought me back to blogging from this long period of introspection. <BR/><BR/>The greater truths are shown to us in the mundane events of the everyday.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997512795646162604noreply@blogger.com