Purity of Domain

Whew! I just finished up a crazy packed week of no days off and lotsa work, management, craziness and cramming. As I sit here on my sunday night, contemplating and digesting everything I've learned and experienced, my mind wonders over to ways to shift the mood and the future to something more upbeat. 

I sit back, look at the huge menu of bookmarked web sites, and wonder if I should do some surfing. I think, 'ah, but if I do, I will likely run across negative news, negative stories...' As Steve Martin sang so well, "Oh death and sorrow and murder." Which is the last thing I need right now.

And then this thought comes: I wish there was a web site where I could go and know that I'd only see happy, positive stuff. (I'm sure there are some out there...). A DisneyLand stop on the Internet, "The Happiest Digital Place on Earth." I could use a break. I could use a laugh. If I could just relax into a place that I knew wouldn't tax my brain or tug on my sorrows, it'd be such a welcome place and time. Just for a little while.

So, I find the value in purity of domain: a place that is unbalanced, it is all one thing with no weight in the other. Sure, it's unbalanced. But it adds choice to our day, our week. If we feel like we need a happy boost, we can choose to immerse ourselves in moments and spaces that will support that.

I used to think that any space that doesn't hold both sides, that doesn't acknowledge multiple perspectives, that doesn't support the choice to go light or dark was of lesser value. It was unrealistic. Imbalanced. But now I am reminded that it is good to be able to have the choice to have no choices for a little while. To just let go and be, and still have the rational brain think it's safe.

Now if I could just jump the perspective and have that happen in the whole of life in a Zen kind of way... the world IS DisneyLand, oh if only I could see it...

Nameste.