What if you played to play—intensely and skillfully—fully immersed in the moment, without fixating on the outcome? -- sounds kinda like music to me. I mean nobody rushes to the end of their favorite song just to see what happens :) Great read as always my brother.
Thanks, brother. This bit of Alan Watts is for you:
“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end — the thing was to get to that end, success, or heaven, or whatever it is. But we missed the point the whole way along.
It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.
But you had to go to school, you had to get a job, and then you had to get married, and then you had to go on and on, and then you’re ready to die.
And suddenly, when you’re about to die, you wake up and realize — it was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance the whole way.”
Thank you for this. Pure, joyous engagement feels as free as it is!
What if you played to play—intensely and skillfully—fully immersed in the moment, without fixating on the outcome? -- sounds kinda like music to me. I mean nobody rushes to the end of their favorite song just to see what happens :) Great read as always my brother.
Thanks, brother. This bit of Alan Watts is for you:
“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end — the thing was to get to that end, success, or heaven, or whatever it is. But we missed the point the whole way along.
It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.
But you had to go to school, you had to get a job, and then you had to get married, and then you had to go on and on, and then you’re ready to die.
And suddenly, when you’re about to die, you wake up and realize — it was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance the whole way.”
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Yes. This resonates. Might be one of your best posts ever.
Thank you.