Almost Clear

" ...Bewildered you will be, until you can
get very comfortable with opposites ... "
 ~ unknown


" ... the most exquisite paradox:
as soon as you give it all up,
you can have it all ... As long as you want power,
you can't have it ... " 
~ Ram Dass in "Be Here Now"


Paradox by definition:
a statement or proposition that,
despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, 
leads to a conclusion that seems senseless,
logically unacceptable or self-contradictory.


My two most recent posts here seem to be quite contradictory. 
First, I proclaim that there is no There, no Answer. 
Then I write about trying hard to maintain Peace -- 
as if Peace were a place or a thing that can be held in your hand.


" ...the tighter you squeeze the water, the less of it you have ... " 
~ unknown


Peace, I am learning, is like a river that You can be In ...
 and it flows all around you.
THAT is what I now pray for ... not Answers.


" ... Man's mind [Heart], stretched to a new idea,
never goes back to its original dimension ... " 
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes


Embracing the Paradox in my Growth; 
No, I will never be the same.


Peace be with you ...




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