What is Life? A Meditation.
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
Thomas Merton
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery
than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Kat Cathey
Most of us habitually try to control all aspects of our lives: our relationships, our work environments, our health, etc, but usually we fail. We do this to feel safe and secure. We do this so that we can be happy. But the irony is that in tenaciously holding on so hard, we waste most of our precious energy in trying to control things. We exhaust ourselves trying to anticipate what may happen and we squeeze all the joy, creativity and spontaneity out of life.
By spending so much energy trying to make sure that everything and everyone follows a specific script that we have in mind, we miss a myriad of opportunities to really enjoy and experience life. We never allow for life to simply come to us! We are constantly trying to force it to “go our way.” We leave no room for wonder and magic.
We always want to know what is going to happen next, but by doing so we limit the boundless possibilities that are available to us. Life isn’t a script to be followed word by word, but a new, fresh potential waiting to be expressed or actualized.
It is only when we allow for the unexpected and unknown to happen that “magic” or “real life” can happen. All that is new, fresh and joy filled can only be found in the “unknown.” The “known” is stagnant and calcified.
Embrace the “unknown” and there you will find Life! Tenaciously hold on to the “known” and there you will find stagnation!
Allow for the mysteries of life to delight you! Learn to live in the moment and be free! Learn to trust that it is all there for you! Each moment will take care of it self! Become a master of the mystery of life.
Cease trying to work things out with your mind,
it will get you nowhere.
Let your whole life be led by Intuition and Inspiration
Let your whole life be a Revelation.
Eileen Cady
In order to allow yourself to be in the moment, to experience the mystery and magic of it all, experiment with the following. Whenever you can, just stop; take a couple of deep breaths; then become aware of your body by doing a brief body scan from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. This will bring you into the present.
Then allow your attention to be simply in the present only focused on the rise and fall of your abdomen as you breathe in and out. Suspend all thought and then just feel. Don’t think! Feel! And ask and allow for an insight or an inspiration to reveal itself to you! And then sit back, with your mind disengaged and absorb and enJoy whatever you receive! It may come as a thought, an impression, an image or a feeling.