And how does it best serve a cosmiccoyote?
2007-07-23 06:49:46 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
AH, a broken heart,
I still remember that nite,
the full moon broke in half,
and left me half blind.
2007-07-23 07:11:32 · update #1
But the joy,
of the fullness,
tis not forgot,
my sadness,
reminds me of this!
2007-07-23 07:24:19 · update #2
What a wonder-full,
tune we play.
*sip*
*howl*
2007-07-23 07:32:27 · update #3
Excellent excellent EXCELLENT question my brother...
look deeply into the answers here, we realise sadness
comes from ignorance and a lack of understanding. If one understands this truth how happy will they be? Noticed how the one who is left is often seeking the other for an explanation?
Knowing this is how best it serves a cosmicmind.
2007-07-26 00:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by James 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sadness... comes from breakages in cosmic "connection." Either a feeling of loss of the loved one who dies (although this is only a seeming breakage) or personal disconnection.
Sadness serves to create understanding about our natures. If some thoughts or actions lead to disconnection, and spiritual pain (sadness), then this teaches us gently which way we should go... towards that which gives joy and peace.
Feeling sadness enables the development of empathy and knowing how to bring comfort to others.
The cosmiccoyote who feels sadness and in his howling heart might ponder upon the source of the sadness... Whence comest this disconnection? How can I connect more fully?
Believe all things.... Then there is no separation.
Love and Peace. xo
2007-07-23 09:42:53 · answer #2 · answered by MumOf5 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not really sure.
Last time I felt really sad was when somebody I knew took their own life.
I guess it is like a disapointment, like when things didn't go the way we would have liked them to.
There can also be a sense of accepting that things will never be quite how we want them to be.
I guess then it's to do with attachment, but maybe letting go too?
Perhaps sadness is in a way a kind of purification. An inner process that is part of letting go.
At least, thats how it has been with me.
Sadness probably covers a range of feelings from frustration to futility.
2007-07-23 08:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Such a question ! Such a day ! :-)))
I have a theory, it's not the most popular of theories, but it's mine, and I love it to bits.
I believe that we are all 'perfect' beings.
I also understand that when we come to this 'place' that there are many reasons why some of us do awful things to each other, and most of us do some not so nice things to each other, sometimes.
But I know that these not so desirable things do not represent who we really are.
I believe that sadness comes from that place of 'knowing' deep inside each and every one of us, beyond mere 'local' consciousness, in the heart of the hearts. And it is our way of 'feeling' that which we 'know' to be less than 'perfect'.
It drives us to ever more wonderful manifestations, it tells us the way not to go, and thus, the way to go !
For a cosmiccoyote it serves to give a reason to howl, which is one of the passions of the coyote-kind. Bears tend to go after the honey, and beat on trees to get it ..... can sound a lot like drumming !
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Cosmic Joy}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
2007-07-23 07:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
So many I see who've answered and have experienced sadness, yet even when meditating cannot discern the cause.
Sadness, unhappiness, unsatisfactoriness, feelings of bitterness and aversion for things we dislike...to Buddhists this is Dukkha and is covered fully by the Buddhist's First Noble Truth...that is the Truth of Dukkha.
In short, the First Noble Truth explains that Life is characterised by Dukkha.
The source of Dukkha is everywhere where there is suffering. Birth is Dukkha, Death is Dukkha, being close to what we dislike is Dukkha and being away from what we like is Dukkha, illness is Dukkha, ill will is Dukkha.
After fully examining the First Noble Truth, it becomes clear that this Dukkha has causes as does all phenomena. The causes are then covered in the Second Noble Truth, that being the Truth of the Causes of Dukkha.
Unhappiness is Dukkha. The truth that we all seek as Beings is Liberation from the suffering...Dukkha ... that we suffer.
This seeking for Truth can be found in the Four Noble Truths, which is why they are called Noble Truths.
Dukkha does not serve. Dukkha is a characteristic of Life in this the Sensuous Realm of Karma...Karma Loka...The world of Karma...to be Liberated from this should be our goal in our Journey for this Truth. There is no requirement to seek Dukkha nor to seek its source. We should seek to be Liberated from it.
The source of Dukkha is Self. To be Liberated from Dukkha we need to be Liberated from Self. All can be thus Liberated regardless of Creed. All it takes is choice, persistence and effort. To choose thus requires the wisdom to thus choose and the moral strength coupled with the strength of the Mind to develop such wisdom to thus employ it.
Let us choose to make this effort...
A Buddhist....
2007-07-23 11:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by Gaz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sadness comes from the womb of happiness .If I am happy now that means the sadness is wating somewhere to descend on me and converse is true .Happiness and sadness are the two faces of the same coin. Bliss is eternal when you feel oneness with this exsistence. Sadness and happiness are just clouds passing in the sky of eternal bliss.
2007-07-24 02:32:54 · answer #6 · answered by shivamat bhairav 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sadness is just the darker side of joy, each defined by the other. There is no joy without sadness as there is no light without dark. Everything serves.
2007-07-23 08:41:16 · answer #7 · answered by philmeta11 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
WHAT?!!
What?
WHAT?!
Sheeesh, a fine figure of a Coyote like yourself? Sad? This 'is' a crime! You need howel therapy! You don't have to wait for the next full moon...break with tradition! We should all howel together! Pack hug!!! On three....ahoooooooo, yip, yip, awhoooooooooooooooooooooooo, yi! ( I think I hurt myself!), aoooooooooooooo,ooooooooo...that was a long one I am out of breath.
Do you feel a little bit better?...don't sulk! Coyote prayers for youooooooooo-oooo-oooo-oooooooooooooooo! You fine Coyote you!
2007-07-24 09:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jamie 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sadness can come in all shapes and sizes (aka forms)... one of the biggest forms being loneliness...
I would make a guess that a coyote -- because of that feeling of loneliness -- may howl at the moon, calling for a companion to make it feel at one with the moon... at one with itself.
Yet, I tend to believe that it is the best motivator for happiness.
2007-07-23 07:04:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
"From attachment (not letting go of attachment... [to the five khandhas]) springs grief, from attachment springs fear.
For one who is free from attachment, whence grief? Whence (can there come) fear?"
(Dhp 214).
On one occasion the Buddha pointed to His Middle Path as being even between attachment & non-attachment.
These things take time to get over.
To not blame anyone & begin again, more intelligently.
Find something to take your mind off things. No easy answers, CC.
Things change, the good times've got to come rolling on in.
Keep mind off moons. :-]
Have faith.
Be strong.
You've got your friends.
Your kalyaanamitras.
Your brothers & sisters.
We love you, and are rooting for you.
((((cosmic hugs & love))))
Arjuna
2007-07-23 09:17:19 · answer #10 · answered by goodfella 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋