order

What is order, and how does it come about? Is there order in your life? If not, then why not? Is it because we live in between constantly conflicting opposites, always pushing away what is uncomfortable or pulling in what makes us feel secure? The most crucial question to ask here is if there is another way of living entirely- where there is a stillness of mind and absolutely no conflict. It seems like a silly idea because we are used to the constant struggle against ourselves; our ideas, beliefs, and images. To live with order is to live with love. Where each action is not based on an outcome for the self, the individual, but factors in the wholeness of each moment and its relationship to daily life. We may listen to preachers, read various books, and run to all kinds of authority for answers, but words and ideas will not mend our broken way of living. Only through understanding oneself completely, with all of our motivations and qualities, can there be true order.

-S.L

Art by Leanne Rath