Needy Little Things

The weekend was an uneventful one, but I did finish a rather large project at work. It's funny how you don't know how much stress you are under until it is removed. I slept hard the last few nights and it doesn't seem like enough. My mind and body seem to know that the pressure I was under has been removed and now want to rest. But they will have to wait, there is still two weeks left in the quarter.

My mind and body are rather selfish things. Their constant, undeniable need for attention gets rather tiresome after a few dozen years. It seems at this rate that I'm gaining control over them, I'll be moving on to next life before I'm finished. Hopefully I'll have accomplished some significant mind training so that the next time around will not be as hard a struggle. As for the body, well that just begins again doesn't it.

I picture the idea of death and rebirth like playing a video game without the luxury of being able to save, so that every time your character dies you must start over again from the beginning. And you also don't remember the events from the previous game. Couple this with the addiction of the game, the driving need to play it over and over again, drives the desire to put to an end the cycle of life-death-rebirth and all the suffering that goes with it. I better get busy and meditate.