A Torch of Grass in the Wind!
Imagine you were carrying a burning torch of grass, and walked into the wind — what would happen?
If you did not immediately let go of that blazing torch, you’d scorch your hand, or burn your arm, or some other part of your body! It could be bad enough to kill you or make you wish you were dead — would it not?
In the same way, sensual pleasures are like a torch of grass, with too much suffering, too much trouble, and even more dangerous!
And when one sees, with right wisdom, how it really is, one cultivates the same equanimity as releasing that torch.
The world tells us to carry the torch — to keep chasing passion, no matter how late it gets, to search the dark for every fleeting pleasure!
But the torch burns the bearer! And the true satisfaction of the vigilant — santosha — is the extinguishment of the torch!
🙏 May you find peace in your practice!
