Taking impermanence truly to heart is to be slowly freed
from the idea of grasping, from our flawed and destructive
view of permanence, from the false passion for security on
which we have built everything. Slowly it dawns on us that
all the heartache we have been through from grasping at the
ungraspable was, in the deepest sense, unnecessary. At the
beginning this too may be painful to accept, because it seems
so unfamiliar. But as we reflect, and go on reflecting, our
hearts and minds go through a gradual transformation. Letting
go begins to feel more natural, and becomes easier and easier.
It may take a long time for the extent of our foolishness to
sink in, but the more we reflect, the more we develop the
view of letting go; it is then that a shift takes place in our way
of looking at everything.
from the idea of grasping, from our flawed and destructive
view of permanence, from the false passion for security on
which we have built everything. Slowly it dawns on us that
all the heartache we have been through from grasping at the
ungraspable was, in the deepest sense, unnecessary. At the
beginning this too may be painful to accept, because it seems
so unfamiliar. But as we reflect, and go on reflecting, our
hearts and minds go through a gradual transformation. Letting
go begins to feel more natural, and becomes easier and easier.
It may take a long time for the extent of our foolishness to
sink in, but the more we reflect, the more we develop the
view of letting go; it is then that a shift takes place in our way
of looking at everything.
( Sogyal Rinpoche )
[ The Tibetan Book of Living and ]
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