Living
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Category
Life
Live deeply, die consciously.
5 pieces
Meaning, loss, love, suffering, ending. Not consolations — enquiries. What is actually the case about being alive for a finite and uncertain length of time.
SufferingWhy You Suffer Unnecessarily
Pain arrives on its own. Nearly everything that follows it is added by a mind doing what it believes is helping.
LivingWhat Remains at Three in the Morning
The hour when the arguments do not work. Traditions treat it as an affliction. It may be closer to an appointment.
DeathOn Dying Before You Die
Every contemplative tradition gives some version of the same instruction. Read literally rather than poetically, it is far more practical than it sounds.
LivingThe Mind That Cannot Be Alone
A mind that cannot sit in an empty room is not restless. It is avoiding something, and the avoidance has become continuous.