http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/symphony-of-life en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Anthony de Mello, 20th century Jesuit priest</p><p align="center">from <em>Awareness</em></p><p>De Mello reminds us: </p><p>&ldquo;&hellip;<em>As the great Confucius said, &ldquo;The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change.&rdquo; Flow. But we keep looking back, don&rsquo;t we? We cling to things in the past and cling to things in the present...</em></p><p><em>Do you want to enjoy a symphony? Don&rsquo;t hold on to a few bars of the music. Don&rsquo;t hold on to a couple of notes. Let them pass, let them flow. The whole enjoyment of a symphony lies in your readiness to allow the notes to pass...&rdquo;</em></p><p>Wow.</p><p>What are you clinging to?</p><p>Don&rsquo;t hold on to a few bars of the music, my friend.</p><p>Allow the notes to pass&hellip;</p><p>Flow&hellip;</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:16 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:302:302 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/302