While I was pondering what I wanted to blog about this morning, sentences started rolling through my head. I was thinking I wanted to give a strong message of hope, something enlightening, you know... something worth reading. "but enough about me, me, me.... what about you?" So, I was searching my toolbox... yoga?....reiki...? ...tarot?...soulcollage? and then this popped into my head:
You are a child of the Universe, no less than the stars or the sun. You have a right to be here.
Ahh, Desiderata... and I felt my shoulders relax. And then I thought:
Do you really need those shoulders up there to talk to me?
And I smiled. My Tai Chi Master used to say that to me all the time. It was when I first realized that I was perpetually tense.
When do you feel alive, present, completely absorbed to the exclusion of the monkey mind?
Hmmm, the talisman. When I first started my spiritual journey, really started becoming present and aware, I would ask myself that question. I was wondering around in a daze, trying to get through my days without actually living them, just like most people. I had to really sit and figure out if there was a time that I WAS present. I discovered that, for me, it was when I was gardening. I had this reinforced the other day when I was planting and out of nowhere:
HELLO THERE!!!!
Ok, it wasn't in caps. But I about jumped out of my skin. My neighbor. A yard away. Pleasant-like. But I was so engrossed in my activity... which made me think of:
The proud warrior releases his arrow and peacefully watches.. fully alert to all around him but not feeling the necessity to interact with it. Relaxed. He waits.
Yoga 101. Part of being present is being aware. Not absorbed. Not zoning out. Big difference. I teach this over and over in yoga during relaxation. People tend to think that if they fall asleep, I'm a great teacher. But I know the truth. If they are relaxed and fully alert, I have done my job.
Do your job, then step back. The only path to Serenity.
Tao Te Ching. Changed my whole life. Learning to let go of results, do what I need to do and then back away and let others do theirs.
So? What are your talismans? Your touchstones? The words that showed you the way?
Inspire us.
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Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. - A Course in Miracles
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. - Return to Love: A Reflection on a Course in Miracles
Your job on Earth, therefore, is not to learn (because you already know), but to remember Who You Are. And to remember who everyone else is. - Conversations with God
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,there is a field. I will meet you there. - Rumi
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