Consider The Cobwebs

Consider the cobweb. A cobweb in the morning grass is an opportunity for wonder. It gathers the dew and hangs the drops like mirrored globes of light. A cobweb across the forest path presents a sticky, often invisible thing that clings to you when you are out walking amongst the silent giants otherwise known as trees. There you are, all full of Zen and honey. Wham! Now you’ve not only got a cobweb all over your face and in your hair, but you don't know if you just ate a spider.

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Such interesting observations ! You have a beautiful soothing voice too. Not only that but I enjoy how you speak and your intonation. You’re so real. Thank You Betsy . 🌅

we get a lot of black widows in AZ and their web's just want to cling, they are quite strong and difficult to get free. I can certainly relate to being set free😳🌺

The web nightmare catchers! Returns me to the thought of a tight cocoon that feels like you cant breath from the squeeze, but you know you will eventually get out, but you hold your breath until then.
Thank you.

Oh this metaphor! I’ve had a lot of cobwebs lately, especially from my teens and early 20s, which were not particularly happy. Do we think that if we go back to a specific cobweb often enough, we’ll be able to fix it? (Whatever fixing it might entail.) Not to mention how we build that neural pathway every time we go there. Maybe we can nudge ourselves instead to a happy or “good” web, one of those in the grass with all its dew. I know that Buddhism advocates non-attachment about everything, but that’s not too possible for me right now, but at least I can find those webs that help lift me up. I love all of your metaphors so much, Betsy. I’m good at thinking about intangible ideas, but often such things are easier to see and understand if we map a physical thought on top of it. I wonder if we can peel the kraken and harpy and chihuahua and rhino off us and stick them in a cobweb so they won’t be able to get to us as easily. I also love your practices because they get my neurons going (thus my lengthy responses!) and my mind coming up with new (positive) ideas and ways of seeing the world. Much food for thought! (And maybe next time I’ll put all this stuff in my journal and only put, for instance, the first and last sentences here.) ..... P.S. I tried to listen to Judge, but it wouldn’t load for me :(