In this classic parable, Chuang Tzu writes about the empty boat: “You’re on the mountain lake, almost dozing, when suddenly a boat crashes into your hull; you’re angry, you shout, But then you see, the boat is empty.”
So my first question is, am I in a $20 an hour rental boat like the ones at Muddy Run, or am I in a fully restored 1956 Chris Craft worth 1000 times that? But wait, there’s more…
In Start Where You Are, Pema Chodron writes about the same boat: “This is the classic story of our whole life situation. There are a lot of empty boats out there that we’re always screaming at and shaking our fists at.”
Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho writes: “Such is the perfect man – his boat is empty; there is nobody inside. If you meet a Chuang Tzu, or a Lao Tzu, or me, the boat is there, but it is empty; nobody is in it.”
So here are three perspectives on the empty boat metaphor, take from it what you can. And don’t be too quick to delete your photos just because they aren’t perfect, sometimes there’s a story there, even if it’s just and empty boat. And apparently, it’s always an empty boat.
“And don’t be too quick to delete your photos just because they aren’t perfect, sometimes there’s a story there, even if it’s just and empty boat”.
I think you can print this and put near your PC 🙂
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A brilliant therapist once told me that simply thinking positive doesn’t work but thanks.
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It works in fact but not so fast. Just the negative works too. So you have to tell much more and more often positive than negative to hold the negative back. I wouldn’t tell this if I didn’t try this.
Your phrase made me smile because today you said that you delete your post and photo. I just thought if it would work. The things you said to yourself here.
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Why Positive Affirmations Don’t Work: https://psychcentral.com/blog/why-positive-affirmations-dont-work/
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Well, you know even questions didn’t work for me at one time (because a dialogue was short, am I worthless, yes I am). Then it helped to talk with a part which thoght I was something negative. I met so my teen part and he said why he hates the critical part of me. And with this talk I knew whom he would like me to be and what he needs.
But for other people may work just positive thoughts and such questions.
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Thoughts are just thoughts…
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They cause emotions and emotions are real. So, you can work with the real.
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What is real?
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Emotions. Though it’s my opinion.
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You know what they say about opinions right?
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That you don’t care of mine?
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That is not what they say, they say everybody has one. I value your opinion very highly, I really do.
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