Be still and let life do its thing

 Life happens and a thought-feeling energy gets released within us, or alternatively, a thought-feeling energy gets released and life happens. We can’t have one without the other. Body, mind and world are one. Everything and everyone on the blue planet arises and vanishes in Oneness.

The opportunity is to live body, mind and our perception of the world in its entirety. Maybe it discharges and leaves our system. Maybe it remains latent in the system but at that moment it stops in its tracks, or maybe it keeps running but we stand beside it. Either way, stillness prevails.

Complete honesty is required along a spiritual quest. We may repress ugly thought-feeling energies only to find that life keeps bringing the disowned to our attention. Maybe we are stoic in the name of spirituality trying to harden our will to stand next to what deep down inside bothers us. 

The silent witness is a tricky phenomenon. It can be a cleverly designed superego that creates a distance between our assumed spiritual perspective and what is. Needless to say, we will only fool ourselves with this approach and life will keep reminding us that we are out of balance within. 

Mindfulness is an acceptance of what is, the “negative” feelings just as the excited feelings. We look at it just as we would study a painting, a tree or a person we meet for the first time. Now or never is in the learning. As we look at the thing “me,” onlooker and “me” energy both transform.

The eternal now is in a layer beneath the thought-feeling energy. It’s quiet there. The opportunity is to penetrate this depth here and now. Life is our ally. The opportunity is to align body, mind and world moment by moment. The thought-feeling energy may be present but we stand next to it.

Being occurs in the here and now. We may confront what is, heal and learn, transcend, or we may get caught in the body, mind, world manifestation once again. The portal is always open. Let go of concepts, will-power and good intentions. It’s now or never. Be still and let life do its thing.