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There is Nothing Either Good or Bad

Updated: Jan 27

William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." In Macbeth Act 5, Scene 5, one of the most famous soliloquies by the Bard he wrote "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player; That struts and frets his hour upon the stage; And then is heard no more. It is a tale; Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; Signifying nothing." We make 'Much Ado About Nothing', as the name of the Shakespearean comedy suggests, written in 1598 and 1599. Drama and chaos are based on lies and egocentric fear.


Rumi wrote "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, There is a field. I'll meet you there." As I understand it, Rumi was saying that as human beings we get connected with each other in the space that opens up when we let go of our ideas of good and bad, right and wrong.


Rumi wrote "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, There is a field. I'll meet you there."


I had never heard the story of the Chinese farmer before my own transformative journey, but when I did, it changed everything for me: "A farmer and his son had a beloved horse who helped the family earn a living. One day, the horse ran away and their neighbours exclaimed, “Your horse ran away, what terrible luck!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not.” A few days later, the horse returned home, leading a few wild horses back to the farm as well. The neighbours shouted out, “Your horse has returned, and brought several horses home with him. What great luck!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not.” Later that week, the farmer’s son was trying to break one of the horses and she threw him to the ground, breaking his leg. The neighbours cried, “Your son broke his leg, what terrible luck!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not.” A few weeks later, soldiers from the national army marched through town, recruiting all able-bodied boys for the army. They did not take the farmer’s son, because he had a broken leg. The neighbours shouted, “Your boy is spared, what tremendous luck!” To which the farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not. We’ll see.”"


It is really impossible to tell whether anything that happens is good or bad. You never know what the consequences of misfortune or 'good' fortune will be, as only time will tell the whole story. Things may look great at the start, but over time it may not become what you had imagined it to be. Similarly, you feel bad about something but some day it could be one of the best things that happened to you.


Everything changes. The Universe is ever-changing. There is no room for judgement, for nothing is truly black and white. Max Ehrmann said “ Trust that the Universe is unfolding as it should.” To be able to forget the sorrows of my past and worry not about the uncertainty of the future: To be able to truly live in the present, and see life as not good or bad but just as is. And so I wonder, did the story of a Chinese farmer do anything for you? Maybe so, maybe not. You’ll see.


Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you: Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.


George Bernard Shaw wrote that “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Are you ready to change your mind?


Namaste.


Sending you love, light, and blessings brothers.


Olly



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