Buddhism & Paradox

A welling up of energy in my abdomen, a connection to the fabric of the beauty and divinity of all life, even this. Even among this cemented altar to the consumerist gods, the connection to truth and beauty was still present. Oh, but how are we to find the beauty in what’s ugly, the strength in the weakness, the healing in the sickness, and the sanity in the insanity? One of life’s greatest paradoxes.