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Rick Lewis's avatar

Deeply nourishing thoughts and reflections as usual Tommy. I especially liked this idea, that you'll never have a better foothold than you do in this moment. That's a profound framing of the truth, because it helps to "out" that incessant personal lie that a better foothold is just around the corner, just one more paycheck, or sunset, or vacation, or lay, or dessert, or accomplishment away. But no. This is it! Imagine making one's complete and utter peace with that fact! So good my friend. And also, the fact that the monk didn't laugh his ass off at this - "(naturally, I joked the tattoo was permanent, which he didn’t think was as amusing as I did)." is proof that he still has a ways to go. : )

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James Bailey's avatar

“You suffer because life is bursting with beauty, both in its joy and its pain, but demands you to let go, a million times over². You can’t hold on to anything.”

Tommy - so deep. Such wisdom. The thing I love about your writing is that it’s like we ride delicately along, inside your soul as your take in your surroundings, think about them, reflect on them, be influenced by them, ponder them, and then tell us your feelings about them in a warm and whimsical way. The story about the monk with the tattoo was so fitting - and as Rick says - illustrative of where he is in his own journey.

I’ve been studying non-duality recently and I wondered when reading your essay, how can we hold onto anything when we’re all One?

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