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When I put boots to trail, sometimes I come upon a log bridge so I can cross a river. It can get precarious, where a single muscle out of place or a misplaced boot will cause me to lose balance. If I’m lucky, there’s a guide wire or a rail to help me stay on my feet.
Sometimes my Zen practice can feel like this… where keeping to a path of complete unity or balance can feel impossible while the world is constantly changing.
In truth, our sense of balance from moment to moment comes and goes. As Charlotte Joko Beck says, “the enlightened life is simply being able to walk that [razor’s] edge all the time. And while I don’t know of anyone who can always do this, certainly after years of practice we can do it much of the time.”*
May you keep your feet steadily on the trail in these tumultuous times.
Yours on the path,
Meg Critchlow
* From Beck, Charlotte Joko, Everyday Zen, ‘The Razor’s Edge.’
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