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Aug 29 • Mindfulness and Mental Health
The Transmission That Never Ceases
Hi Everyone 👋
We tend to think of transmission as an event. Something that happens when we are in the presence of a great teacher.
A moment of grace that strikes like lightning.
A single, transformative encounter that changes everything.
And yes, that happens. I have felt it. I have sat in the presence of beings whose stillness was so profound that my own mind stopped its chattering. I have felt the transmission pass between us—wordless, seamless, unmistakable.
But here is what I have learned since then, and it has changed everything....
The transmission never ceases.
It is not an event. It is a current. It flows through everything, through the trees, through the air, through the silence between words, through the kindness of a stranger, through the sound of rain on the roof. It is always there. We are just not always receptive.
The great teacher is not the source of the transmission. They are the conduit. They are the ones who have become transparent enough that the current flows through them without obstruction. And the same is possible for us. We are not meant to be receivers forever. We are meant to become conduits ourselves.
This is what the great Mahayana teachings point to..... the Bodhisattva path.
The understanding that our awakening is not complete until we are able to offer it to others. That the transmission does not stop with us. It flows through us.
The Daoists speak of the Dao, the Way that is unnamable, ungraspable, yet always present. It flows through the river. It bends the bamboo. It guides the seasons. And it flows through us when we get out of the way.
So here is my question for you today....
Where is the transmission flowing in your life right now?
Not the dramatic moment, the quiet ones.
The small kindnesses.
The unexpected moments of clarity.
The gentle nudges that feel like guidance.
Where is it flowing, and are you letting it flow through you to others?
With love ❤️
Always
Mark
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