Searching Like a Cod

When the innumerable searches are concluded,
The realization dawns that
The optimal place to be is
Where one already is.

It is an arrival at the place
Where there is no solid footing beneath,
The understanding of all things.

Until the conclusion,
The searcher is like
A cod asking directions to the ocean

~ Wu Hsin from “The Lost Writings” translated by Roy Melvyn

Wu Hsin’s insights into spirituality and Oneness always bring a smile.

It isn’t easy learning to go with the flow, until we stop asking for directions, and find the courage to be with no solid footing.

24 responses to “Searching Like a Cod”

Paul Handover

Jul 18, 2017 at 9:28 am

Oh, that touches a spot. For Jeannie and I were having a wobbly moment thinking about what happens when we can’t look after this house, the animals and the acres. Recognizing the growing uncertainty as months and years go by.

The courage to accept no solid footing! That is quite an idea to embrace. Thanks Val.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 18, 2017 at 1:12 pm
  
  I’m so glad that it resonated with you both Paul. 💛
  “The mind lives in doubt, but the heart lives in trust” Osho
  
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My go-to Mindfulness

Jul 18, 2017 at 9:32 am

Reblogged this on My GO-TO MINDFULNESS and commented:
Val Boyko posted this on her blog and I love it. It’s a beautiful reminder that “the optimal place to be is where one already is”. If we are mindful we can seek out the little things that we already have and explore any discomfort we feel, finding “the courage to be with no solid footing.”

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 18, 2017 at 1:08 pm
  
  Thank you for the re-blog and your kind words. I approecite it 💛
  
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vanbytheriver

Jul 18, 2017 at 10:08 am

I wish I’d understood this in my youth. I was always on the run, embracing change, new starts in new places, thinking there was the perfect location out there for us somewhere yet to be discovered. The real contentment came when I realized the only special place was the one in which we currently found ourselves. No matter where that was. Thanks, Val.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 18, 2017 at 1:15 pm
  
  Contentment comes when we find ourselves. I love than Van. Thank you 💛
  
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Jet Eliot

Jul 18, 2017 at 12:38 pm

A beautiful message from Wu Hsin, and your wonderful summary at the end, Val. We build our courage and reap the rewards.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 18, 2017 at 1:16 pm
  
  Yes we do! Thank you for your presence here Jet. I appreciate it 💕
  
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D. Wallace Peach

Jul 18, 2017 at 1:35 pm

That second stanza is a bit of a mind-bender. I love it, Val. To rest peacefully in a place of unknowing. 🙂

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 19, 2017 at 8:41 am
  
  It is a mind bender isn’t it Diana! But once we start to let go and realize that reality isn’t what we had always believed it to be, we can peacefully rest….. Or is that Rest In Peace 😉
  
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  1. D. Wallace Peach
    
    Jul 19, 2017 at 9:47 am
    
    😀
    
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Sunny

Jul 18, 2017 at 2:19 pm

Reblogged this on Shielagh and commented:
This is a wonderful reminder that going with the flow is the better, less painful option and usually get us where we need to go. And that is often right where we are.

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Bela Johnson

Jul 18, 2017 at 8:51 pm

Indeed.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 19, 2017 at 3:02 pm
  
  🐡🐟🐠🐬🐋🐳🦈🐡 no cod here, but an interesting variety of other fishes!
  
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nrhatch

Jul 18, 2017 at 9:29 pm

Love the last stanza ~ when we stop seeking the sea, we find we’re already immersed in it. All we had to do is awaken to that realization.

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 19, 2017 at 3:07 pm
  
  Me too Nancy. Thank you 💛
  
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derrickjknight

Jul 19, 2017 at 5:59 am

The optimal place to be is
Where one already is.- I have long believed this

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Ann Coleman

Jul 19, 2017 at 4:53 pm

I like that…especially, as I have a strong tendency to think “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.”

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 20, 2017 at 8:27 am
  
  Letting go of seeking something other than we have already, is an important life lesson. Thanks Ann 💛
  
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smilecalm

Jul 21, 2017 at 3:14 am

twas a fun journey
window shopping
for what i really
didn’t need 🙂

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 21, 2017 at 7:31 am
  
  Window shopping … I like that!
  
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Sue Dreamwalker

Jul 21, 2017 at 5:12 pm

Going within the flow is something I have learnt over the years to do.. This was a great saying, one I had not heard before, but Love it.. 🙂

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1. Val Boyko
  
  Jul 21, 2017 at 5:15 pm
  
  It was new to me as well … and it made me smile when I came across it. Thanks Sue 💕
  
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  1. Sue Dreamwalker
    
    Jul 21, 2017 at 5:17 pm
    
    🙂 me too…
    
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