Edited by Richie Cuthbertson, Monday, 28 Feb 2022, 13:51
Eyes blink non-chalantly at ominous events.
Poverty looms and the inner critic judges me. But with building a livelihood I am stuck.
Felt comforted by my paintings when sick. But cannot seem to make money with my art. I am not good at promotion and selling. And lack of energy is a problem.
I contemplated like the Buddha, leaving the household life and going forth into homlessness as a solution. Concluding that maybe in the future that could well be my fate, but it won’t be easy to live that way, especially when I often feel unwell and fatigued. And walking around with an almsbowl just isn’t going to cut it here, nobody is likely to support me, and many will most likely despise me and get angry, so there needs to be another way to eat/survive. Perhaps if I go forth in faith, with courage like the Buddha, I won’t starve.
The five skandhas are empty. And there is no-self. But one still has a responsibility to look after the body.
World's on fire
Eyes blink non-chalantly at ominous events.
Poverty looms and the inner critic judges me.
But with building a livelihood I am stuck.
Felt comforted by my paintings when sick. But cannot seem to make money with my art.
I am not good at promotion and selling.
And lack of energy is a problem.
I contemplated like the Buddha, leaving the household life and going forth into homlessness as a solution. Concluding that maybe in the future that could well be my fate, but it won’t be easy to live that way, especially when I often feel unwell and fatigued. And walking around with an almsbowl just isn’t going to cut it here, nobody is likely to support me, and many will most likely despise me and get angry, so there needs to be another way to eat/survive. Perhaps if I go forth in faith, with courage like the Buddha, I won’t starve.
The five skandhas are empty.
And there is no-self.
But one still has a responsibility to look after the body.