It is enough

I guess a way to rephrase my last post in a more positive way is to say that it's looking around at your life and saying to yourself, "I have all that I have, all that exists is what is presented before me, and it is good. It is enough." There is something deeply unsatisfying about satisfaction in a consumer culture; you can never have 'enough.' 'Enough' is not even a valid concept for many people. It's seen as giving up, or dropping out. You only have enough if you're too weak to grapple for more, more, MORE! But to first question if life is not all that it appears to be, and then to gradually accept that there is nothing more (any added layer will confuse things; if there is a "world beyond," would it not be a part of "the world?" if the mind is a-physical, what does that mean?) is enough.

I don't want to confuse satisfaction with 'peace.' The latter implies, at least because of my background, permanence. Permanent peacefulness is impossible; we'll always feel hurt or angry or violently depressed, and there's no reason for us to cut those things out of our life completely. They're an integral part of living, and satisfaction comes from accepting that there is no escape from negativity and that it actually serves a useful purpose. There is no state of wanting-less-ness (I know I need to work on my coining new words skills) but we can come to a state in which we choose what to want, and decide for ourselves if that desire is realistic and if so, how to achieve it. There are too many Gimme Gimmes that cling to the heart; satisfaction is telling them they don't have to go home, but they can't stay here.