Transitional thoughts

"You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever
any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is
diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within
you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains"...
-Jalaluddin Rumi

Often we are most vulnerable during moments of transition.
For example, you have wrapped up one assignment and it is
time to look over the next. Or you’ve turned the last
page of your novel and it is time to go to bed. Whatever the
transition, for a pivotal moment the mind has nothing to
hold on to, and in its insecurity it may suggest all kinds
of things: a cigarette, an extra piece of pie, a magazine
promising the lowdown on your favorite actor’s private
life. Suddenly any of these can seem fraught with urgency. 

Here the mantram can rescue you. If you start repeating it
the moment you complete one activity, and do not drop it
until the time comes for you to give complete attention to
the next job at hand, your will gets a needed boost. A
short, fast walk repeating the mantram can be more
refreshing than all manner of “treats.” Once you
are absorbed again, you are home free.

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