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We are "what is" and "what is" is perfectly what it is. Imperfection is a mistake (a missed-take) that comes from comparing "what is" to the idea of "what should be" and finding "what is" lacking in its form.
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Wouldn't the idea of "what should be" be perfect itself then?
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It's not "what is".
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It is if I'm holding that idea. It would be part of me (what is), while I'm holding it.
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It's whole as long as acceptance and understanding exists
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If what is could be made better than it isn't really perfect, it is just as good as it gets.
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I suppose you could say that we are not perfect, but we are perfect in BEING
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Quote:
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“Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don't match how they really are.” -Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen |
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In the words of the great Alan Watts, "This Is It."
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“The worship of Pan has never died out…Other newer gods have drawn aside his votaries from time to time but he is still the Nature-god to whom all must come back at last. He has been called the Father of all the Gods, but most of his children have been stillborn.” Saki (H.H. Munro), “The Music on the Hill.” |
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It sounds nice, but it doesn't really apply to the real world.
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“You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, "of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted.” ~from The Once and Future King |
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