On the eve of Karthika Pournami. Practicing recognising and letting go of needless feelings. It is true that sometime people are not nice to us, and that tends to depress us. But since we are going to be nice to people anyway, is there any point in holding that negative feeling in our heads? Letting go of negativity leaves room for so much good to come and take its place.
Actually since I could not go to a Siva Kshetra this karthika masam, I have been hoping that Siva will make my heart-mind his kshetra. For which, I am trying to keep it clean and uncluttered and hospitable!
More bamboo analogies : sometimes to remove that attachment that you want to get at, you have to first knock of some unconnected attachments in your way, that prevent you from removing the targeted attachments. As with bamboo….
