Nobody can tell us what's important.
We have to discover/realize that for ourselves.
We are all looking for what's important.
The Search for the Holy Grail.
The Spiritual Journey.
The Hero's Journey.
Vision Quests.
All are seeking what is important.
What matters most.
What guides our boat on its path through the sea.
What is it for you?
What are you doing to find out?
Don't forget to look
through your discard pile.
The stone the builders reject,
you know,
is the chief cornerstone.
The search for what is important--
the articulation of what is important--
the realization of what is important--
the recognition of what is important--
is what enlightenment is all about.
To be enlightened is to know what matters most
and what needs to be done in service to it.
Good luck with that!
If I were you,
I would start with the right kind of
emptiness,
stillness,
silence.
But you have to find your own way.
Mike Stanley told me,
"Jim, I can't be quiet
unless I'm playing the drums!"
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