A Deep, Deep Sadness

[GliderGuider]

5. It's a truly great essay

As for those who may have experienced a more idyllic childhood, there are always the first realizations that all is not right and fair with the world. It may come in the form of errant whispers as friends or loved ones come to blows and tears behind closed doors. Or, it may be going to school and seeing others bullied, or being bullied one’s self for no apparent reasoning.

My idyllic childhood was punctuated in 1963 when I was 12, by pictures coming out of Birmingham, Alabama. But the sadness didn't strike home until 40 years later in 2003, when I began to have data-driven visions of global collapse. That became a deep, dark hole where the grief lived. I escaped from it through several years of inner work, but the psychological cost was enormous. I found equanimity though various forms of non-dualism, leading recently to a strong interest in Taoism.

The Masters try to be free from desire.
They don't collect precious things.
They don't cling to any beliefs.
They pay attention
to what everybody else ignores.
They help the world get right with Tao,
but don't try to change a thing.

YYMV.