Life That Doesn’t Lie Flat


Galactic beach wood, from Half Moon Bay

We fall into a story about enlightenment—about life, in fact—and we can get trapped in it for many lifetimes. I wonder more and more how well any life really fits a story. What if our life is not this, then that, in a flat and sensible way, but is equally round like a globe, like the earth itself? Maybe our life never did lie flat on the page and read from left to right.

Having a deeply non-languaged day, I was deeply moved by this quote from Susan Murphy (author of Upside-Down Zen: Finding the Marvelous in the Ordinary). It feels perfect. Another find from Whiskey River, a blog that just keep giving.

One Reply to “Life That Doesn’t Lie Flat”

  1. Thank you for sharing that marvelous quote.

    I “found” Whiskey River through you and agree it’s a gem.

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