Tuesday, October 20, 2009

On Living In The Now


Seek to live in this moment. Right now. For there is no other moment in existence but this very one.

The past is gone. It no longer exists. To be haunted by that which is gone creates guilt, depression and longing- pain that exists in this moment over injuries from something that has passed. Releasing the past is paramount to being in this moment and it frees us from the shackles of these pains.

The future has not happened. It does not yet exist. To be too concerned with what may (or may not) happen creates worry, fear and anxiety. This is pain that exists now over things that have yet- or may never- happen. Releasing the future to be what it will be gives us the freedom to create our desired future in this moment.

Looking back is necessary to avoid past mistakes and to replicate and expand on past successes. Looking forward allows us to plan brighter futures and avoid possible pitfalls. Yet to dwell in either of these spaces draws us out of this moment, where we are, and puts us where we are not.

Instead we must be where we are. Here. Now. For it is only in this moment that we can ever find true happiness and freedom for no other moment exists.

Monday, October 19, 2009

This Too Will Pass


Nothing can be kept forever. All things are temporal and must eventually change.

When we learn acceptance of change we can truly master life. Each thing, person and place will come and go and when we learn that the going is inevitable we stop holding on and attaching and start to appreciate the blessings they bring.

Each joy will pass. Each sorrow will pass. We cannot bask in any one blessing forever nor can we suffer any one torment forever. Each thing has a time and then it will change or leave us.

So seek to accept the transitory nature of things. Let each experience come and then allow it to go. In this way the pain of lost attachment cannot harm us. In this way we are free.

In memory of Paul.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

On Abundance


Give thanks for all that you have and for all the good things coming to you. We are creative beings and that which our minds dwell on becomes what the hands manufacture.

When our minds are filled with thanks for the abundance and love in our lives we tend to draw more of these things to ourselves. When we are negative in our thinking we tend to find more to be negative about in our lives.

In this way we find many financially wealthy people who are miserable while others have great joy in the very little they have. An attitude of gratitude is paramount to being satisfied, and ultimately, happy with your life whether you be prince or pauper.

Gratitude reinforces our mental belief that we experience abundance in all things and this in turn makes us able to create more abundance since one cannot have something if they do not believe they can have it.

So seek to be grateful for the many riches in your life and be hopeful of more to come. For in thanks we find that wealth is all in the mind and she who masters that mind has everything and needs nothing.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Freedom From Choice


Choice is a gift. In choice is freedom. It is the foundation for our liberty and the conduit in which joy comes to us.

But choice must come from the will of the heart and gratitude for all we have and will receive. In this way our choices create harmony in our lives. When choice is based on competitive ideals or on our fears we manifest discord and pain.

When we choose joy and abundance and freedom then these ideals manifest first within us then they flow out into the world. That is why no freedom can be given by another to you and wealth and happiness are states of mind. They must first come from inside us to be made manifest outside us.

So choose wisely and with gratitude and expectation and you will find your life is fuller for it.