Perfectly imperfect

In the mailbox this February 5th sunny Sunday 2023 morning . . .

Great [genius] consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind. – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

How can we combine the old words in new orders so that they survive, so that they create beauty, so that they tell the truth? Virginia Woolf

Nonduality is the highest level of consciousness...union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religion....[We live in] a benevolent universe. There is no truthful distinction between sacred and profane. Everything belongs...The “separate self” is the major problem, not the shadow self which only takes deeper forms of disguise. Rather than ideas or doctrines, the path of transformation is one of struggle, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness as our primary teachers. – Richard Rohr (adapted)

“Nothing is personal, permanent or perfect.” – Ruth King

Can you consider giving up grasping?