Transient, Sustained and Eternal

[sillypumpkins]

What would the focus of "seeking the Eternal" look like to different people I wonder?

this is a fun question to think about it. i am finding it hard to put into words. i think peregrine sacred fool put it well. i especially agree with his bit about how it's "all we ever do." So it's kind of hard to like, put into words when "seeking the Eternal" is almost like a default mode of being.

personally? the focus of my "seeking" is tied into the transient in some ways. in a shallow way, though. in that, when i'm outside and I hear a bird in the trees, while that might be a fleeting, transient sort of event, it is of course tied into the Eternal. Hearing the beautiful birds sing...... i don't know what to say about it! hahahahaha. It's just like.... beautiful. It helps me to remember. Same with people. I have a friend who I just adore. The other day, I was on the phone with her and I just became enamored with like, All of it. I mean, what triggered it was my friend venting to me about something, and she was sort of getting into a "logic loop" about it. Which is a classic thing that my friend does. So I just felt like this adoration for this little thing that my friend does, and yet, it wasn't even about my friend. It was about the Eternal, I think

So is the transient important? Yes, in that it is part of the path. But also, and I think this is equally important, why not have some fun along the way?

  
As I tried to illustrate above with the Blake quote and Ra quotes, from a spiritual perspective, the distinction between transient and non-transient material may be more apparent than real.  The real distinction may be the degree of fullness of engagement within the entity with whatever the subject matter is.  So, one can engage in a transient manner with deep stuff or in an deeply integrated manner with seemingly trivial stuff.  And, sure, one can just take a break from all this highfalutin jabbering and just relax and have a little fun.  Why not, indeed?  But even then, the opportunity for deeper engagement may well arise.  To take it or not is an individual choice, of course.  I would suggest again that polarity may be a telltale factor in such decision making.
  
   

yesss.... I love what you're pointing out here. It's not even about the "material"!! It never was. It's always about HOW we are engaging with the world, not WHAT we are engaging with.

as the great little richard once said: "it's not what you do, it's the way how you do it!"

A few years ago, I embarked on a mushroom journey (high dose, dark room, silence) and there was one message that pervaded the whole experience, and that was: IT'S ALL DOWN TO YOU! Period. Your post reminded me of that.

This thread is fun I'm gonna keep checking back in

peace