A visit to the Pacific Coast and the Redwood Forest left me with a sense of wonder and the inevitable acceptance of what Albert Camus was trying to say.
We are here. And that is all. Choose wonder over meaning.
Every year, at the confluence of Halloween and Diwali, I chuckle. I set out my witch and my diyas, my purple spotlight and misting cauldron…
“Would the Buddha agree?” I pondered. Buddhism insists on being present and observing your thoughts and feelings and not attaching yourself to them. Transcendental happiness or nirvana is the ultimate goal of a Buddhist’s life. But the path to this ultimate “liberation of your mind” requires that you relinquish all attachment to things and people. While I generally find Buddhist principles to be beautiful and enlightening, I find this one to be impractical and unnatural.