Fly: mastering our mindfulness skills for peaceful living

In the sport of fly fishing, the intent is to trick a fish with an artificial fly made from different objects and tied onto a fly hook. This recreational sport takes time and patience to master the skill.

Fly fishing is challenging because momentum must be created by the rod and line. The energy generated in the rod and line steers this momentum to propel the fly to its water-skimming destination.

The artificial fly lure is lightweight and small; consequently, its mass is not great enough to overcome the force of air resistance. Therefore, specialized casting techniques are implemented to drive the weighted line into the water. This involves using different methods to expose the fly, launch it forward, and entice the fish.

Our mind, with all its lovely craziness, conditioning, stubbornness, and sometimes outright defiance, is like this little fly lure. Many times it just does not have the weight nor acceleration to overcome all the dense air resistance.

In the recreational sport of life, it also takes time and patience to master the skills for peaceful living. Therefore, we create momentum and consistently practice new techniques and crafts to direct our fly towards the sweet spot on the water.

Using different methods, with practice and patience, our casting skills improve. Our fly lure becomes masterful and more agile, able to flow through the air, unencumbered, with a gentler force than the air resistance around it.

The mind becomes softer and kinder, yet purposeful and channeled. Just as the fly cruises intently, yet peacefully, through its journey, with skill and patience we can craft our minds and become the best anglers of our lives.

We simply keep casting the fly, and over time, it learns to graze along in the wind, unimpeded and boundless, then just like that, we release the fish back to freedom.

Cheers!

Kether

Spunky Mind

"I'd rather be fly fishing"

Dad