As a person with a family, with a community, with friendships, there are so many things to consider. How does one practice to maintain personal equanimity, such that one feels ready to make decisions in the face of changes out of one’s control?
I have a practice, it’s different than my families’ and ultimately I want them to thrive more than I need myself to, but wow. Ideally we can all thrive, and be a community and of service to a broader community too. I don’t know, my thoughts are rambling. That’s where something like kirtan helps me.
And sometimes I do think of H.H. and his novels—Demian, Journey to the East, Magister Ludi, his autobiographical writing—how he lived through the troubles of the 20th century and thought deeply and created through it all. So too Bulgakov, Joseph Heller, Sara Gómez, and so many others.
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