Here are some lyrics in part from Moby’s bittersweet song ‘Slipping Away’ from his album ‘Hotel’:
Open to everything happy and sad
Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can’t really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at meFocus on everything better today
All that I needed I never could say
Hold on to people, they’re slipping away
Hold on to this while it’s slipping away
Comments:
Being open to everything happy and sad
doesn’t mean we ought to be attached to either.
Truly being open means to practise equanimity towards both (happiness and sadness).
Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
is not as good as being able to see the bad when it’s all going good too.
Truly being open means to practise equanimity towards both (the good and bad).
See the sun of Buddha-nature when you can’t really see it
lest you lose hope in your innate purity.
It will always be there if you look for it.
Better to focus on your Buddha-nature today.
All that you needed you never could say
Because it’s your Buddha-nature, that beyond words.
Hold on to people when they’re slipping away?
But how do you cling to sand that slips from your hands? (See last scene of video)
Hold it open palm up, even as the winds of change surely blows through.
Hold on to this while it’s slipping away?
But how do you cling to that slippery eel of ‘now’?
Just treasure it, as you would cradle a baby gently.
When you cradle ‘now’ with gentle love,
that in the now grows with love,
into greater love.– Stonepeace
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