“Change is never painful, only our resistance to change is painful.” Buddhist Proverb
Playground at Sunset
Monte Stevens
Retired. Having fun shooting Fujifilm cameras. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku. Have a love for fountain pens.
4 Comments
Paul Lester
I was listening to an audio recording of Alan Watts, as I do almost every night, and he was talking about the same thing as in your quote, basically: Suffering is based on desire. Not the desire for things, per se, but the desire that things never change. Grasping. To make things the way that they “used to be” – “the good old days”.
Lovely shot of the sun through the slide, Monte!
Monte Stevens
I have some good quotes by him. I’ve not read any of his books or listened to his recordings. He acquired a state of mind and acceptance of life many never come close to.
Paul Lester
There are two of his audio books that I really like: The Way of Zen and You’re It. I think that you’d get something out of either or both of those books. I’ve read many more of his, but those are my favorites.
Monte Stevens
You’re the second person to talk to me about him today. What’s the universe trying to tell me. 🙂