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Sitting on soft cushions Comfort and luxury mostly boils down to 'sitting on soft. cushions'.
It's the springiness of seat and suspension in the car we drive. It's the leg- and moving space in the aircraft we travel in. It's the sponginess of the sofa we are watching TV from, the quality of a hotel bed's mattress, the padded beach-chair we are paying extra for. The softer the cushion, the higher its price.
Nothing wrong with that. Yet too easily we get addicted to this upholstery - and divert immense resources, energy and time towards its ease.
Changed attitude: Venturing to higher regions of our existence almost always means to get out of a cozy, settled position.
Don't miss inner expansion because you can't get out of a cushy seat.
Fading of our intention to grow.
We feel perfectly content within the situation and environment we currently experience. Why disturb all this just to expand life? How could it ever get better? -
Well - congratulation - enjoy it as long as it lasts.
Yet if there's the tiniest doubt or hesitation about this state of mind, consider this:
