Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Be like a cat


"When a cat falls out of a tree, it lets go of itself. The cat becomes completely relaxed, and lands lightly on the ground. But if a cat were about to fall out of a tree and suddenly made up its mind that it didn't want to fall, it would become tense and rigid, and would be just a bag of broken bones upon landing.


In the same way, it is the philosophy of the Tao that we are all falling off a tree, at every moment of our lives. As a matter of fact, the moment we were born we were kicked off a precipice and we are falling, and there is nothing that can stop it. So instead of living in a state of chronic tension, and clinging to all sorts of things that are actually falling with us because the whole world is impermanent, be like a cat. Don't resist it."

~ Alan Watts 


PS The whole damn world has lost its mind. 

1 comment:

monstev said...

I love this post. The words speak so well of the chaos of this world right now. Seems we have a difficult time of accepting life as it is rather than the futility of thinking we think we can control all of it. Yes, we need to relax and enjoy the gift of life. Love the photo. 😍