Are You Sure?

 Are you sure?

Thich Nhat Hanh

Are you sure there is nothing more than this? That what your five senses pick up is all there is to reality?  That for something to be real it has to be visible or something you can hold in your hands? Are you sure?

Are you sure that you are just a body with a mind? That your personality adequately describes all that you are? Are you sure?

Are you sure that your life is measured by what what you do?  That you need to be productive and successful by society's terms in order to have had a successful life?  Are you sure? 

Are you sure that death is the end of you and all you are?  That there is nothing of you  that continues after your body dies?  Are you sure? 

Are you sure this physical plane is all there is? That there is nothing deeper? Greater? Grander? Are you sure?

Are you sure that the events of your life create all your problems or lack of?  That you are a victim to meaningless, random incidents?  Are you sure? 

Are you sure that everything I have written here to date, and all the teachings I have picked up from teachers over the years and shared with you, is  just woo-woo nonsense? That there is absolutely no truth to what we have to say? Are you sure?

"Are you sure?",  is a question we all should have on placard at our desks, on a sticky note on our mirrors or on our license plate. It is a question we should ask ourselves 100 times a day.

What are we sure of?  Absolutely nothing at all.  

I don't know anything.  I really don't.  I am just, at this point, beginning to "feel" my way through Life rather than analyze my way through it.  I know nothing.  I am sure of nothing!  And that is perfectly okay with me. My mind is open to all possibilities and my heart will do the understanding.

All is well

Inspired by

Plum Village (June, 2019) Science and Spirituality Hand in Hand / Neuroscience Retreat with Br. Phap Linh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY946jZdFPg