Ephemerality
These clouds, this sky... no longer exist
One of the greatest illusions under which we labour is that there exists such a thing as permanence.
Permanence exists only in our minds, which like to make order out of chaos, to make sense out of non-sense, to attribute qualities and traits to our existence which are not truly there at all.
We cling to memories of things, events which have passed, expired, evaporated.
Perhaps without our memory of these things, we feel we have no foundation, no security, no basis for our lives.
And yet without them we also have utter freedom from pre-conception, conditioning, habit and expectation. And life becomes eternally novel, fascinating and pristine.
Are you willing to let go? To forget? To experience each moment anew?
To accept fully the fleetingness, the changeability, the ephemerality of existence… is to become truly liberated.
thanks so much for your post – you have given me something to ponder, and of course a beautiful picture to look at!