Attending to Attar, Day 70
Desire leads to attachment. Once attached to existence, you seek to unlock the chains that bind you. You cannot cross the threshold of the room-within while dragging your chains behind you. It may take years to unlock all the links gathered over several lifetimes. It is through detachment that you gain the wisdom to desire without expectation. Do nothing on your own. Follow the voice from within. That voice is your own true nature. Listen! It knows the way. The me of the body does not. It is lost in ignorance and fear. Detach yourself from expectation. Disentangle from worldly ways and their outcomes. Shake free of what is written in your thoughts and emotions. These portraits of the past are not you. Like a painting on the wall, they capture moments. Their existence is static while you transition from that to this. Your existence is nothing. It is a product of the cosmos that comes and goes. The me of the body is but a cosmic thought in form. Like a unicorn in a child’s consciousness your existence has no substance. Do not loiter in this dead-end alleyway. Do not judge. Do not hope for the future. Your reality is in the moment. It is here that the mystery is revealed. Of what use are revelations if you are not ready to receive. If you fall into the ocean, be ready to swim.
