Life is the approximation of cooking, not the exactitude of baking. It’s a messy project, not a calculation, more art than arithmetic. There are an infinite number of ways to proceed. Be curious, consider the methods used by everyone you meet and, in doing so, find your own way. Develop your recipe and never hesitate to share it. To keep it secret is to become the dragon.
Let the road of experience season you, but beware of hardening, callousing. Do your best to stay soft and tender. The residue of clarity yields a suggestion of radiance, unmistakably luminous, but be careful not to become a prisoner of your insights. Bondage exists in so many forms.
Contemplate what is transcendent of the dimension of thought, the realm of polarities, the field of duality. May your love be a light in dark places.
C.M. Rivers 