Continue Your Practice

Of the many reasons why I do this, the one that unfailingly rises to the top of the list is this:

Practice.

Not so much because that will supposedly make it perfect, but more because without it we are - I am - lost. Up the creek, no paddle, out of water and no map. 

Consider, as I am doing now, how important practice truly is. The concept of practice as protocol is all you really need. Well, that and, as The Beatles so marvelously put it, Love, but the two, practice and love, are the thunder and lightening, the yin and yang of universality. 

Upon completion of Dan Millman’s latest spiritual adventure, The Hidden School, one juicy quote, a mere three words long, has lingered in my soul like a fine red wine lingers on the palette. One of the masters that are always waiting for Dan to appear at their door (cave, forest, mountaintop, desert or jungle) had this advice to offer the heroic wandering spiritual pilgrim: 

“Continue your practice.”

Wow. With only three words it is nailed. With only a verb, one pronoun and one noun we get the answer to a thousand questions. 

Not 100% satisfied with the results of your last race? CYP.

Want to climb better? CYP.

Wishing mastery in the field of your passion? CYP.

Wanting to improve your writing? CYP.

Considering ways and means to bring more honesty, integrity, morals and ethics into the light? CYP.

Hoping to lose ten more pounds? CYP.

Looking for enlightenment? CYP.

Seeking non-violent response to another Republican falsehood, lie or cover-up? CYP.

What can I do to finish my project? CYP.

It goes on. And on. We are in the central vortex of an amazingly complex challenge. We, the American people, are being used for personal gain by a handful of dishonest and disgusting men. I think you know who they are. It is our duty and responsibility to stop them, however out gunned, out manned and out financed we are. We, the people, will eventually win, whether by vote or by the rule of law. It will not be easy. Many people will suffer and die, as many already have. But we will prevail. Because we are the light, we are the love, we are the peace and we are the future. Love and kindness will always prevail over evil, corruption and lies.

The only question is how do we do all of that?

CYP.