reality, dukkha, and being well

things are not as they seem,
“nor are they otherwise”  / Lankavatara Sutra

nothing is other than arising and ceasing;
nothing is as it seems, nor is it otherwise

when reality is what it seems to us to be,
dukkha is our wanting it to be otherwise

reality is not as it seems,
nor is it otherwise

wanting anything is dukkha,
and being well is wanting nothing,
letting go of wanting anything

being well is being on the eightfold path,
doing no more than need be done
to simply be and let be,
wanting nothing

being well is a fourfold process:

  • seeing dukkha as wanting anything
  • sensing it as it arises and letting it be
  • noticing that it ceases when it is let be
  • being on the path where it can be let be
be well

* * *

be well, want nothing

want nothing, be well

May all be well, “pervading the world with a mind imbued with
loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.”

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