…we really can wake up and live within what is,
but better?
What if our present reality has everything we need to live our best life.
What is circumstances don’t have to change, because our perspective can?
So, there I was, just the other day, reeling from a number of uncomfortable things, when someone decided to offer me some advice.
It was of course, not advice I could take.
Why this irked me I’m not sure, but without thinking, I said yes, that would be the most obvious solution.
Oh aren’t we all living a life that seems easy for other’s to figure out? So easy, so obvious, but…
What if it doesn’t matter? What if every irksome, uncomfortable experience is nothing more than an earthly exercise;
Just another way ro observe ourselves and maybe get better at being?
How am I doing?
Well
On that day, not so well, (to the human eye) but here is what I realized:
I was having a moment. It passed. It seemed worse then it was because of how I was thinking about it. I saw it. I saw the part I played. I understood why I thought the way I did.
Understanding helped me be compassionate, compassion helped me lighten up.
Compassion for the others, but also compassion for my struggling self.
So for a split second, I stepped back and saw myself. Struggling, impatient, uncomfortable.
With kind eyes and calm confidence I knew it was already passing.
I wonder if being human is just a lot of waking up and fallng back to sleep. Physically and mentally.
Remember
Forget
Remember
Forget.
Impossible to stay awake all the time.
The eighth limb of the yoga sutra philosophy is called ‘Samadhi’. Loosely translated, its a fluctuating state of bliss or realization of all. What is, is what is, and we are okay inside of it.
That was good for five minutes of enlightenment.
And now, Good night.
Peace Kit 