Life is suffering because there is no elsewhere. When you are in death the beyond becomes the present, but while alive, life is the only presence. Our fate is to sit before a continuous coin toss. One side of the coin is the Light and the other side is the Abyss. Life's one constant duty is to continue and be filled with experience. Spiritual seekers often attempt the struggle of turning the current coin to the Light side. While this can be rewarding, one must turn away the Light that is readily available to do so.
There is no action of wasting time only using it. Shall we be spiritually productive with our time, constantly struggling to dawn Light from the Abyss, or shall we be spiritually content with our time and recognize that there is Light, here and now.
If we are for this life, we seek to dawn light from the abyss. If we are for eternity, we may sit with grace throughout our suffering. In this season of thanksgiving try being eternal by turning away from the struggle.
Relax with the effort of knowing that one side of the coin is always consumed by the Abyss. That is the side facing away from us. We are given suffering so that we may feel grace. We often have the hardest time seeing what is right in front of us, and what is in front of us is the Light; if we accept our suffering we can let in the Light and recognize grace.
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The picture was taken on a lake in Canada on a father son fishing trip.
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