Nothing to Hold On To

This is the picture I prefer: In the middle of the river, with the shoreline out of view, the raft begins to disintegrate. We find ourselves with absolutely nothing to hold on to. From our conventional standpoint, this is scary and dangerous. However, one small shift of perspective will tell us that having nothing to hold on to is liberating. We could have faith that we won’t drown. Holding on to nothing means we can relax with this fluid, dynamic world.

The Places That Scare You
Pema Chödrön

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it truly is synchronous september… every moment feeling more disintegration as i stand still in the center of the ocean seeing the great wave of water about to break like our one heart is breaking… open… in the deepest, most hidden recesses, in the stillpoint of great silence in the pause before the next note, the big bang, the outbreath, the shedding of inessential skin… naked in the now…