Skim
I’ve forgotten how it feels to take an objective look at one’s life and get rid of all the excess. All the junk that’s been cluttered up. Maybe it’s not always junk, but just stuff that’s never used. I cleaned out my office area at home last Sunday and felt really good. I’ve been cleaning a lot of my virtual junk recently too (extra RSS feeds, old files that I’ll never need again on my computer.) It’s very refreshing.
I always know the feeling I’ll get, so it’s surprising that I’m not better at it. I guess it’s just Mara manifest as laziness or procrastination. I need to work on that. There’s still a lot of clean up to do, but it’s feeling better already.
October 25th, 2007 at 6:29
Whoever said don’t hit a lady wasn’t talking about Mara.
Kick some ass, man.
November 12th, 2007 at 18:00
I’ve been skimming lately, too. It’s nice to watch the pile of empty boxes grow, to get rid of the clutter. (I hate clutter, yet tolerate it.) Sometimes I’m in a real purging mood, ready to toss everything I don’t need; other times I’m more conservative in my consolidation. Most of the time, doing something outside the house is a bigger priority. But ceramics kinda stalled and the stuff was bugging me, so I had at it.
I googled define: mara …
(Skt.): Any negative influences that obstruct spiritual practice and development.
But it seems more like a challenge to be understood. Just that some people never get through them. Or something, I have to develop the thought a bit more.