Untangle the Nets

Let us all take some time, find our Middle Ground and check our nets today.

Untangle the Netstangled fishing nets
“The aim of spiritual practice, no matter its form, is to untangle the nets that living snares us in.
But though we can learn to untangle specific situations, even get good at it, life on earth is a never-ending weave of becoming tangled and working to get untangled.
fishing net

And deeper than any coping skills we might learn is our acceptance of the weave of tangle, which is closely tied to the rhythm of being whole-hearted and half-hearted.
Like dilating and constricting and inhaling and exhaling, this opening and closing of our heart is necessary to stay alive.

tangled netNone of these states— being tangled or untangled, being whole-hearted or half-hearted, being open or closed— is a place we can permanently stay.
When we are half hearted, we tangle the net. When we are whole-hearted, we untangle the net. But the weave of tangle never ends.”
 –Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen

Wishing you a day of whole-heartedness in the highs and lows of life 🙂

26 responses to “Untangle the Nets”

  1. A very effective metaphor. Thanks for sharing this. ~Dennis

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    1. Thank you Dennis. Glad it resonated with you!

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      1. Well, it was kind of related Val.

        Then again, I’ve always been a bit oblique.

        H ❤

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        1. I always love the angle you take Hariod ❤

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  2. Here’s to wholehearted being! Thank you for this lovely post. I love the net metaphor. Just beautiful. ❤

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    1. Thank you Carrie! You said it all 🙂

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  3. Wishing you the same Val. ❤
    Diana xo

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    1. Thank you so much Diana!

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  4. helpful for feeling
    less caught 🙂

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    1. Less caught. More whole.
      yes indeed David 🙂

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  5. And sometimes that untangling can take many years.

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    1. … and sometimes people live in forever tangles. May we recognize the knots and live from our hearts to untangle them 🙂

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  6. Nice share, Val. Thank you. And predictably, the one word I’ve extracted and will reflect upon today is “acceptance.” 🙂

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    1. Acceptance… yes Eric.

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  7. “None of these states is a place we can permanently stay.” This is the gift in our life to know that tangles will pass. Thanks Val.

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    1. I love how this part of the post resonated with you Karen 🙂

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  8. I hear in your words the rhythm of life, and beyond, the rhythm of the universe.

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    1. What a lovely insight Paul. Thank you!
      Val x

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  9. Thanks for the Rocking Cannon in D! Smiles. . .

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