The ongoing difficulty is in being simultaneously attached, in order to be able to do spiritual work on planet earth, and also being non-attached, in order to be free of suffering and not be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of craziness that these postmodern times exemplify. The key is to be able to live outside of an emotional hell, while interacting with this machine-like civilization.
It is easy for one's internal mindful practice to become besieged by the specter of a geopolitics gone unredeemably dangerous, societies having gone morally bankrupt due to capitulation to greed, hatred, and delusion. Nevertheless, we are spiritual beings who have been sent to intervene in history. Spiritual practices such as seated meditation, chanting, praying, and attending formal religious functions help a lot. Postmodernism is deeply miserable; the constant reportage by news media of the confusion and horror is too much for the mind to process and bear. In spite of decades of front line peace and justice and radical environmental activism, plus writing about it all, the years of zazen, and still attending Catholic Mass and most importantly receiving Holy Communion, add to that study of Vedanta and lengthy samadhi experience both in the USA and India, there still remains no other known way to successfully be on the planet earth than to silently witness the mind. Arising thought becomes dissipating thought on and on and on...
Attended a Thursday evening Catholic Mass at Our Lady of the Redwoods followed by a potluck dinner. I mentioned that prayer and mental edginess could not coexist. The priest suggested that I keep praying. Meanwhile, I send out networking messages, which must be some kind of act of faith alone in America. Nobody responds seriously, the aggravating idiotic lack of any housing offers so that I could continue to be active somewhere, particularly in Washington, D.C., and then there are the bizarre responses that insist that we are all in solidarity for "the revolution", when in fact there is no significant public belief that anybody can do anything now. Seriously America, where indeed are you going???
I am not identifying with either the body nor the mind. I am identified with the Pure Spirit-Soul. Evil be gone. If this message resonates with you, please contact me immediately. Thank you.
Craig Louis Stehr
10.X.2019 Anno Domini
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