From the Stray Thought Bin: Like Mayflies

We fool ourselves that everything will stay the same, the way things 'are', 

When in reality every thing is eternally changing, developing, emerging—including you—in this creative universe we live in and are a part of—not apart from. 

And we, we are like mayflies—here in a day and gone in a day before we know it.

The Brief Lusty Life of the Mayfly

Ephemeral tiny waves of frothy consciousness in the vast ocean Sat-Chit-Ananda.

Or somehow riding on the waves.

And, if so, who am 'I' the rider? 

I don't know.

But I do know there is a wonder in being alive and conscious, a sense of the mystery I belong to—and it belongs to me.

Rebbe Nachman on The Process Universe

Rebbe Nachman? 

"For Rebbe Nachman, living in tune meant awareness—being aware of the transient nature of this world and the eternity of the next.

From his window facing the marketplace Rebbe Nachman spotted one of his followers rushing by: 

"Have you looked up at the sky this morning? The Rebbe asked.

"No, Rebbe, I haven't the time."

"Believe me, in fifty years everything you see here today will be gone. There will be another fair—with other horses, other wagons, different people. I won't be here then and neither will you. So whats so important that you don't have time to look at the sky?!"

From The Empty Chair: Finding Hope and Joy: Timeless Wisdom from a Hasidic Master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Adapted by Moshe Mykoff and the Breslov Research Center