The opposite of depression is delight.

It’s Amazing!
E ma ho!

Delight comes from resting at ease naturally, in an uncontrived state, with whatever happens. Delight is already within us, but we misperceive ourselves.

After a day’s fishing, a man was resting by the shore watching the sunset and drinking a beer. A second man came up and said, “Lazy fellow! You should be out there fishing more, and then you’d make more money, get another boat and better yourself! You could have a whole fleet of boats, become rich and retire, and then you could rest by the shore, watching the sunset and drinking a beer.” 😉

In the moment of realising that whatever we see arises from our confusion because we are fabricating and contriving at every moment, this confusion is reversed by resting in an uncontrived natural state, taking delight in simplicity. When we recognise that this is so, and gain confidence in it, contriving drops. Effort drops into effortlessness. No shoulds…just recognising.

The most uncontrived state is pure awareness: here, our mind doesn’t fall under the influence of that which it perceives, by being constantly attached or repelled, or by ignoring. We don’t make any equally contrived effort to counter the contriving – we merely let it drop. We just take delight in watching the sun set and drinking a beer. The antidote to contriving is not contriving.

Rest not in depression, but in ‘de-light’ man 😉 !

Realising this is amazing!
E ma ho!

“E ma ho” (Tibetan): an exclamation of wonder and amazement. An admiration interjection expressing compassion. How wonderful! How marvellous!
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