Reaching is the issue not the thing reached for. Not everything one thinks is a reliable option truly is. It will take a very settled mind to see if what you’re reaching for is truly a reliable option…
Do what you think is a reliable option for your well being, but it needs to be investigated to see if what you’re doing is truly reliable and not just a story of what you think. Many people play the lottery to become rich so to become rich becomes a so called reliable option. Sex is often used as being a so called reliable option as is the spiritual path. Drugs, alcohol, gambling, and also their counter parts (their programs) are used as a reliable option, but as the results of these options may be different, the prison they keep you in is the same. Working out and healthy eating habits are reliable options, but many attach a story to them and negate their reliability. I know many people are vegans and I have no opinion either way, but no where have I ever read that Jesus or the Buddha used this as a reliable part of their practice. All I’m saying is what I’ve found to be truly reliable needs no story or attachment for certain results.
I can only share my experience and I’ve found reaching for anything in whatever form it takes on is not truly reliable. The reaching is the issue, not the thing being reached for. To me in the space of just being with what arises in the present moment is truly reliable. Not everything you think is reliable truly benefits your life. It will take a very settled mind to see the subtleness of the attachment to things that are deemed reliable. I say if you’re reaching for something regardless of what it is, it’s not a reliable option for your well being. This is because the reaching itself is the issue as it keeps you in a mental prison…
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