June 17, 2023 -A

There is on the path
and there is off the path.

There is seeing what we look at
and there is not seeing anything at all.

There is knowing what we know
and doing what needs to be done about it
and there is diversion, distraction, denial.

Also known as entertainment
and letting the good times roll
along with drugs, sex and alcohol,
grounded on refusing to bear
the legitimate pain of being alive.

The foundation of life and being
is saying "Yes!" to life as it is,
seeing/knowing what's what
and meeting it the way it needs to be met
in each situation as it arises.

This is the fundamental requirement
of being alive,
of growing up,
of enlightenment and realization.

When we wake up and see,
we see what's what
and do what needs to be done about it,
when, where and how it needs to be done
moment by moment,
day by day,
throughout the time left for living.

Which includes asking all of the questions
that beg to be asked
and saying all of the things
that cry out to be said,
which opens the way to knowing what we know
which implies doing what needs to be done about it,
when, where and how it needs to be done.

Theology, dogma and doctrine
are other forms
of diversion, distraction and denial.

Drugs, sex and alcohol for the puritans among us.
Anything to avoid seeing/knowing what's what
and doing what needs to be done about it
in each situation as it arises,
all our life long. 

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