Beneath your humor, there’s a quiet precision. It’s a perfect satire of spiritual ambition: how ego sneaks in even through the back door of enlightenment. And yet, it ends not in laughter: the sound of wisdom remembering it doesn’t have to be solemn.
Sometimes, the deepest lesson really is this: the universe blinks, stretches, and wanders off, and that’s enough.
This reminds me of my recent trip to Greece. We had just visited the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen - Holy Meteora. And outside on one of the benches was a cat, in perfect meditation loaf pose with his eyes closed. I wish I could attach the picture! 🐈 😻
May we all have a Noodle in our lives that wanders off to lick their booties! I sometimes find myself wondering if what I'm putting out in the world is valued. Then I realize I'm comparing it to the likes/shares of others, who do not have my perspective or experience. My Noodle moment.
So true. You can learn much from living with cats including selective hearing and the best nap spots. But they should be also acknowledged for their purr which can be both meditative and healing. Their version of OM on replay loop.
Ah, cats, sent to teach us presence but with a sideline in rodent control. Doubly useful unless practicing presence by sleeping on clean bed linen
Cats reach enlightenment between naps and demand worship between meals. They do not chase nirvana, they nap in it.
Beneath your humor, there’s a quiet precision. It’s a perfect satire of spiritual ambition: how ego sneaks in even through the back door of enlightenment. And yet, it ends not in laughter: the sound of wisdom remembering it doesn’t have to be solemn.
Sometimes, the deepest lesson really is this: the universe blinks, stretches, and wanders off, and that’s enough.
🐾We can learn a lot from animals!🐈
Yes, especially the ones who never write self-help books. Animals don’t chase awakening, they live it.
So do you have a cat named Noodle?🐈
This reminds me of my recent trip to Greece. We had just visited the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen - Holy Meteora. And outside on one of the benches was a cat, in perfect meditation loaf pose with his eyes closed. I wish I could attach the picture! 🐈 😻
That sounds perfect. Those monastery cats always seem to be two breaths ahead of enlightenment. They don’t strive for stillness, they simply are it.
Ha, yes! I needed this story. 😊
May we all have a Noodle in our lives that wanders off to lick their booties! I sometimes find myself wondering if what I'm putting out in the world is valued. Then I realize I'm comparing it to the likes/shares of others, who do not have my perspective or experience. My Noodle moment.
So true. You can learn much from living with cats including selective hearing and the best nap spots. But they should be also acknowledged for their purr which can be both meditative and healing. Their version of OM on replay loop.
Now that’s a tale worth telling. It reminds me of the saying, “other people’s opinions of me are none of my business.”
Nothing can teach you humility faster or more thoroughly than a cat.
Still laffing....😆
His mind hallucinated soup 🍲 🤣
...if Buddha ever mentioned sciatica 😅
....walks away to lick his butt 😂
Still laffing, all nite maybe, & wise lesson 😄🙏
I seriously love this.
Delightful!