The other day I wrote about a strange encounter at a haircutter when I met someone who had just started this Awakening journey. It was a riding of the higher energies without really being involved.
We all have experienced these outer energies when they invited us to come along for the ride. “Being, consciousness, bliss”, as this I Am state is referred to in the Upanishads, surrounds us wherever we go.
Can we appeal to these higher energies to pull the strings? We can, but it is a roundabout way just as religion—the appeal to an external force—is. The observation is that this force is not outside; we are swimming in it.
What do you do when you sit down for meditation? You try to quiet your mind, right? Then thoughts come anyhow, and you are disturbed by them. The realization is that this quietness already is, connect with it!
The comedian Mitch Hedberg remarked, “I am tired of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they are going and hook up with them later.” That’s how Consciousness works. It is—connect and enjoy.
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