spiritual warrioress

restraint…. vs. flow

and where do they swizzle to overlap?

finding a balance… keeping centered while walking along the blade-edge of a double sword….

spirit before form, truth before action — its the genesis and what’s inside that count.

There are parts of the dharma that are impossible for me to follow right now in my career and life but I will admit, it feels pretty great to have a prescription to subscribe to, a clear (differentiated) path to follow, the blessing of knowing one’s natural essence.

but then the deeper I go… I find all the trappings of complete restraint and sacrifice that begin to limit.  I am attracted to the idea of the SAINT, but I think in life we have to find the tight-rope dance as SAINT-SOLDIERS to truly make a difference.  Most of us want to be householders, have business in honest work, enjoy the wonders of living in this world.  And to do all that you can’t be meditating in a cave all the time… instead you must relate to the rest of the world at large. 

So, I say, don’t kill yrself with restraint in the name of self-betterment.  There is such a thing as too much of a good thing….

flow with acceptability and find the most comfortable footing…..  Ahhh.