Resolute. Pt. 2

There's a stillness after you've done what's needed.
Nothing to be said; the work speaks for itself.
Without being seen, or heard, it's felt.
Beyond feeling, it's known beyond knowing.
Experienced like the movement of the earth.
In relation to something else,
Like the clouds,
Or the stars,
Like beams of light, bent
Against that invisible thing-
Gravity.
And so you grind, grind, grind.
And push against that invisible thing.
Get that weight up. Grind, grind, grind.
Discrimination
Between what's important
And...
And the perpetual feeling
Of having missed your exit.

Better than avoiding that horrible feeling-
Better than dodging bullets-
Better than simply fighting to stay above water-

Grind, grind, grind.
Get that weight up.

You meet that horrible feeling.
And you endure.

Resolute.

This world overwhelmed by mental afflictions is incapable of accomplishing its own self-interest. Therefore, I must do it for them. I am not as incapable as the world is. Therefore, with an unswerving mind, I shall bring disaster to adversity. I should overcome everything and not be overcome by anything.

Ch7 The Perfection of Zeal, A Guide To the Bodhisattva Way Of Life by Shantideva Bodhisattva