SECRET TO HAPPINESS TRADITION: Accept and celebrate the impermanence of LIFE
DATE: Any time
CELEBRATED: Tibet
Before I carry on writing when I came up with this title I couldn’t help but remember the famous and cheesy American Soap opera and that man’s voice completing the ‘………. and so are the days of the our lives.’ All non-Americans CAN WATCH IT HERE. The thing is that quote is blindingly accurate.
I think I might of mentioned this in a previous post on this page, but westerners (that’s us) tend to have this idea that we are ‘the centre of the universe’. We live in a non spiritual and materialistic society where success and praise is about the individual. We are so preoccupied with our our own sense of blazing importance.
Many people move to cities that is where the money is and forget that their is a navy coloured sky above t so vast above us, which puts into perspective what a smidgen we truly are in this imperishable universe.
Tibetan monks have a rather splendid way of creatively interpreting this in escapable fact,by making intricate and rather vivid and stunning mandalas with grains of sand.
They pour sand out of metal funnels and skilfully make complex patterns and spectacular symbolic forms of animals, spirits, demons
These mandalas take days to make but when they are complete, the Tibetans, scoop up half of this fantastical creation made of sand and put it in an urn. Half of the sand is shared with the audience, to circulate and disperse its healing among the people. The rest of the sand is then poured into a river or some body of water.
Bizarrely, celebrating our mortality and perish-ability, can be peculiarly soothing.
How can we manifest this in our own lives? If you have ever watched ‘Mary Poppins’ why not draw chalk pictures on a path then stay and watch it deteriorate or be washed away by the rain or swept away with the wind. There is a part in the movie where they bring the chalk pictures to life by jumping into the pictures singing ‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ and create this fantastical life around them.
The children are so sad when it start to rain and they have to come out from the pictures created and watch that creation of life be washed away by the rain. Remember how as children we used to lie on our backs and make symbols out of clouds? Do that. Watch how the clouds change from a face to a duck!
Make a sandcastle if you are lucky enough to live near the ocean. This celebration is about permitting yourself to admit and accept the fact that nothing lasts- relish the peace and unity that comes with it.
9 responses to “HAPPINESS TIPS:REASONS WHY WE HAVE A MOUTH AND EARS”
A little natter/chat with real people would be a great idea. I’m finding it a little hard to assemble though in our electronic world. It is a wonder today – we share our deepest feelings only with (almost) complete strangers.
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Yeah it’s great to say what you want and technology serves us well in that department but the point is getting out into the world and really connecting. Sometimes it’s best to share things with strangers- it is a common saying but they don’t have any past judgements to go by. I think in this cyber world it is like wearing a bhurka sometimes. No offence to people who choose to wear them but with technology we miss out on body language. If you get my meaning. I think why that is a lot of people have started to do video blogs. I’ve only been blogging for 4 months so still navigating and finding how to read the cyber world compass.
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I agree, but with caution. Real talk in person has real world consequences. It bears seed of joy or pain quite readily. At least that has been my experience. Jobs and friends gained or lost has lasting consequences. It cannot be turned off.
I can read half a post and move along if that is not satisfying my need at the moment, but it is more difficult to disengage when a person is not reading my body language that is saying I’m uncomfortable with that.
I’m not saying it is not worth trying. It is. In the end personal contact is much more rewarding. It’s just the getting there. It is so touchy. 🙂
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I try not to talk too much about my grandson but it’s difficult!
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You should .He is probably one of the best or worst things 😉 that brings you so much joy.
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Great post! I fear that eventually evolution will make our ears disappear – seeing as most young kids communicate electronically – I had a “text” from my son – who was upstairs asking if I had the kettle on! Ha!
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Ha ha.. That is so funny but tragic at the same time. We need to get back to basics .
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I fear for my children – my little one started using an I pad in nursery – aged just 3 😱 course looking on the bright side the kids know how to program the tv – which I don’t!
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It is super scary to see my four year old navigate her way around a lap top!
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