Broken only reflects the mind, not the being.

Why do we use broken in a way that denotes a things final state of being. We say, " I'm broken " or " we've broken up..." but the truth is what we call broken a Buddhist calls impermanence. Which is the idea that everything will change; nothing will stay the same so the only reason that something is considered broken is because we don't want to take the time to heal it or to fix it. We don't want to take the time to cherish it or appreciate it for what it is at this moment.

In this way we realize that it's not what's on the outside that is broken. What's broken is something deep within us... And that the term broken, when used as a level of permanence, speaks to ones mental, emotional a psychological inability to truly comprehend and value a things new configuration. This is why men leave their wives once they've gained a few pounds or a wife leaves a husband because things aren't what they use to be.

Impermanence teaches us that a mind, like an ocean, should be fluid and ever changing. And no matter how much an ocean shifts, churns and changes shape it's never broken, shattered or obsolete.

Submission, as a state of mind, is like that ocean... it's a state of mind that is not fixed, it is not hard, it is not holding onto a perception of what a thing is. In this way, a mind in submission is in a state of impermanence and is able to change with and adapt to a new contextualization. It is free to adjust to a new form. A mind in submission is able to see things as they are, at this moment and not as we want them to be.

Remember, half of submission is letting go and the other half is not holding on. Be free of preconception... Embrace impermanence... Be in your submission.

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