Email from Fred to Betsy about Willy, OR: A Live, Confessional Snapshot of Conscious Awakeness Reestablishing After a Short Bout of Unit Overwhelm
As I’m sure you saw, he did it AGAIN!! He tore up another leather book. I can hardly believe it. My beautiful wall of leather cannot stand, thanks to that dog.
I pulled up the spendy Greek stuff that was down low and put it on the dining room table. I’m going to have to change some of my bookshelves, and purge a bunch more books. Damn! I’ll have to put leather in the bookcase across the room, and put vases, etc. in the bottom. Maybe a stuffed Lhasa Apso. Son. of. a. bitch!
I spanked him this time – but of course not hard – with my fingertips only. It was just showing disapproval, it was not actual punishment. I would never actually punish him for being who he is and doing what he does. I wouldn’t know how.
Damn, I sit here now and know that I cannot even be angry at that dog. What’s the good of it? He does what he does. And I just have to take it.
Right now my own teaching is profoundly disturbing. It’s forcing me to tell myself the truth.
All is well.
WTF?
Fred loses, so it’s a good thing there’s no Fred. Willy wins. There’s no Willy either, but there is a set of cooperative canine patterns around here that has now developed a hell of a taste for leather books.
Okay. Okay, damn it. I give.
Fred
Fred
December 8, 2017 @ 10:20 am
Lol! Not laughing at the destruction of your book, of course. But I relate to how a little inquiry really dissipates our resistance to what is. I was feeling irritated with a friend the other day, but immediately saw how absurd it was to be annoyed with him for just being who he was. The annoyance was mine, and not arising from or caused by his behavior. This doesn’t mean we can’t draw boundaries (set the books up higher!), but there’s no reason to ever really get ruffled.
December 8, 2017 @ 11:16 pm
And Willy just did it so you would share this and set us a good example. Sly Willy! He knows what’s best for us when we don’t. So thank you Willy. And Fred.
December 8, 2017 @ 11:44 pm
Oh, I LOVE this! So will Willy and Betsy. We’ll have to explain it to little Jack. 🙂 ♥
December 10, 2017 @ 5:52 pm
I love this instructional post. The step by step process is so helpful. And Mike’s comments are wonderful as well!!
I was looking for Amber’s Inquiry Questions. Are they published here somewhere?
VERY powerful Satsang today. I notice when the subject of Dying comes up, that the atmosphere changes to rapt attention…………on my part at least………..so I experience it as everyone’s part as well.
Thank you for everything you are and do
love, Joyce
December 10, 2017 @ 9:27 pm
Hi, Joyce! Thank you for the compliment.
Amber’s post is just a little further down the page. Always scroll down and you can see what’s been put up in the last little while.
Amber’s Post
I love you, too. ♥
December 20, 2017 @ 6:06 pm
LOL…gotta love our four legged beings.