Sunday, April 6, 2025

Not Even Not Zen 394: Anagami, Good Will

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Anagami
Good Will

In our freedom, we inspect the core of our being. We find love streaming from us, given freely, without thought. It flows like a river around the world, unceasing, sourceless, constantly refreshed. Our endless affection is a part of our existence, of being in a human shape, of having a body and mind, mortal or immortal. We are ceaselessly in love. We do not need to make a choice about affection. Nevertheless, sometimes people choose.

We choose to cultivate our skills in kindness. We pay attention to the results of good deeds. We turn inward and outward with a discerning eye to improve the good will of our humanity. We learn to love with the clarity of purpose brought by a teacher of tenderness, a student of friendship, a lover of all joys and sorrows.

We give of our lives with a tenderness powered by all human essence. We reach out the way life reaches to life, even the way at times non-life reaches out. It is a lazy interaction. It happens without intention. At times, we add to it. We bring the forcefulness of will, of discipline, of our discerning eye.

Our will is good. No choice is needed to make it so. Often, the choice is made.
 

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