“Why am I stuck in place, with no real change?” a person torments himself.
Stomping in place is activity pushed to the limit. There’s no strength left for it. And no meaning either.
Stopping is frightening. Why? Because there is only emptiness there. Uncertainty. Darkness.
As long as I’m flailing, I feel alive. If I freeze, it feels like forever.
This is an irrational fear planted by our culture, where you must be energetic, always running somewhere, chasing, grabbing, consuming. If you’re not dancing the “mating dance,” you’re weak, sick, or dead.
It’s ridiculous. If not for the power of nature, people would have abolished sleep. This small death takes us every night without asking. We’ve learned to live with sleep. But stopping in other areas? Absolutely not.
A man searches for a way out one way, then another, then a hundred more. In despair, he racks his brain: “What else can I do?!”
Buddha would say: "Your suffering is caused by your resistance to what is."
New ideas would love to enter you, but there’s no room. For a guest to arrive, the host must stay home, clear time, and be open to meeting. No goal. Just so.
There will be plenty more movement later. But for now, tell yourself: “Stop.”
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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