think

Think about the events that happened to you ten years ago. 

What remains of all that occurred, all the suffering and heartbreak, all the joy and affection? Where has it all gone? 

It has disappeared just as though it had never existed. The same thing is happening to your experience today. This very moment has arrived, bringing with it its particular experience, only to disappear almost instantly. When death comes to the body, what will the whole life have amounted to? What will be the sum total of reality that has been accumulated through these passing experiences? 

The answer is zero. Nothing happens and nothing has ever happened. It was all a dream. Only the unchanging background, against which all these experiences appear and fade, is real. 

🌷 Ranjit Maharaj

The Way of The Bird