Honor Your Problems

The Hindus have a proverb that states that if you say that you are enlightened you are not. You are enlightened in the now. There is excitement in the now and serene tension. You always know what to do, but you also know that you can choose differently. When you say " she is enlightened", you in fact presume that this tension is gone.

There is a scene in the James Bond Movie Skyfall when James Bond had disappeared from the world because he is presumed dead and all he does is to spend his time drinking and letting scorpions crawl over his skin in a weird macho competition. It is clear that he is adrift, mentally dead and only becomes alive when the next villain comes on stage to be conquered.

You are enlightened in that holy moment when duality strikes you and you have to make up your mind whether to choose left or right. You may not be enlightened like the few mystics who might be, but you are enlightened in the holy Now and that is pretty darn often if you so choose. Honor your life and honor your problems, they make you all you can be.