TOUCH THE WONDER BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

In our practice, it can be tempting sometimes to consider a state of wonder, or not knowing, as some sort of handicap—something to be avoided. We desperately want to know. We have expectations, and we want them to be met.

The issue isn’t that the world will fail to live up to our expectations and we sit there and think that our expectations are something golden. If we even look at them, our expectations aren’t particularly ambitious. There’s still a lot of suffering involved there, a lot of falling short, a lot of compromise.

But if we allow ourselves to ease comfortably into wonder, we’ll recognize that life itself presents many, many more opportunities, and is much more vast, boundless, and buoyant than any expectation.

So watch today when you have expectations creeping subtly in, and try to look beyond them. Maintain your wonder. It’s the only way you’re going to be exposed to the truth of what this awakened life is.

Have a wonderful morning. I look forward to seeing all of you first thing in the morning tomorrow for meditation.Take care.

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