all of us, no matter our faith, or lack of strive to find a state in which we can be at ease, and find solace...

when it comes to the Buddhist path, all sects, and traditions hold the core belief that it is through questioning, and thinking with the end goal of being free from the need to think, but to know and understand...

some teach that enlightenment can only come to those who work hard at it, other claim that it can never be reached in this life, others hold it as something you must never " strive for" so much as just be....

but what about those little things, those brief moments in all our lives that, all too often are over before we know it... Sitting and watching a sun set with a loved one, or alone...the micro second after accomplishing a major goal, the throws of post orgasmic silence with one who is part of you...even the scent of freshly cut grass on a spring morning, or opening a new box of crayons, or watching the first breaths of your child, or feeling their heart beat against yours as they sleep on your chest....

in these moments, not a thought goes through our mind, only a feeling...and that feeling telling us that at that very very second, there is no other place we need to be, no other place we want to go, nothing to think of to ruin that very moment in time....

is that not in itself a small but powerful moment, a moment when everything in the universe is just right, a moment of enlightenment?

Too often people dwell on things beyond their control, or allow things that are illusions, or temporary, or controllable stand in their way as an obstruction, something that looms in the way of them being able to look past it, or move away from it, to cut them off from the thought that they could ever have a happy moment... yes this falls under the " why me" ideas of suffering, but away from the Buddhist noble truths, or the precepts...to the element that makes all of us human...

perhaps we do need to take more time to look, and hear, feel, touch and taste those little moments, to reflect on how they shape who we are, and the joy and euphoric perfection they made us feel, and appreciate them a little more.



yes this is what I cook up in my mind while doing menial tasks like dishes.