Just now on the Jitney heading to NoFo, having flown into JFK on the red-eye, I am more than happy to simply sit back relaxing into the peaceful noontime Friday whisk along the L.I.E. Reading the Buddha Brain and being in the chapter on wisdom, I am prone to notice a very sweet couple across from me...nuzzling each other, resting in each other's embrace. And I am touched by the wisdom inherent in this clear and poignant union ... for the "couple" is comprised of a twenty-something female (ring less) and her very well-cared-for clean and curly Shihtzu! (I asked her to spell it for me.)
The love between the two of them is palpable...I can feel it wafting toward me across the aisle. The twenty-something (let's call her Kelly) cuddled her beloved companion (let's call her Trixie) and whispered in her ear while passengers sporadically boarded the Jitney at 44th and 3rd. Whatever she was whispering, Trixie appeared to be avidly listening and watching passers-by from a place of perfect contentment...just the right mix of stimulation and security.
I thought to myself, "It's Friday and wherever Kelly is going with Trixie for the weekend, it will be a place of happiness amidst the two of them! They harbor happiness, they generate happiness, they bathe in the glow of their sweetly nourishing union. Wherever they go, there will be tranquility, contentment, rapture, and joy....the Buddha's pathway to inner peace. Kelly needs no boyfriend!" Since she doesn't NEED one, there need be no pressure coercing her to leave her already-made inner peace to go find her true love and work on a meaningful intimate male-female relationship...and all that. She already generates true love.
Instead, Kelly will be predisposed to draw like-minded candidates to her if she so desires. The attraction of harmony (true love) is a natural draw! When she feels her biological clock ticking ... the organic evolution of a very common longing, timing ... she will also have a template for what generative mutual love feels like! And this kind of adult-adult attraction can simply unfold in Kelly's right time and place.
Rewiring all this, I thought even more reflectively: Maybe all young women, once they have mastered taking very good care of themselves and the balance in their lives, should consider adopting the kind of pet that stirs their heart - a good place to start to practice commitment, where there is true love.
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