I found life
continued to unfold —
each of us
doing our best
to listen
to our own quiet prayer,
getting lost
and returning
again and again
to silence.
I found it a bit
humorous
after a while —
all the trying
to understand and
interpret.
And so I continued on
as a part of
the mystery —
a little lighter —
participating without ever
leaving the space
within my deepest heart
and just below
the surface.
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When you can be aware that you are trying so hard to understand and interpret, it can be very funny to see yourself doing this. The challenge is to even notice that this is what is happening. That drive to understand, to make sense, to analyze, this can cause so much pain–we project our ideas of what should be instead of staying with the direct experience of what is. I’d dearly love to stay present more and more and more, to be in this direct experience, to put down the burden of interpretation. And just laugh and laugh. β€ π β€
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I love to laugh. I just listened to that Mooji say today that all that other stuff we try to figure out and sort out is really getting more deeper into mind.
It took me a long time to get what was happening. The usual treatment for anorexia — where I started from– goes to that place that didn’t help. It’s interesting. It’s funny now..But not so much back then. π
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I found the one I listened to. I like what he says just after 9 min…Like 9:14.
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Thanks for this Laurie! I’m listening right now! β€ β€ β€
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I love to listen. It feels like meditation to listen deeply with my heart/body
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Ah…how he says, “Nobody belongs to you. Not even you.” And “You can be a container for suffering. Why not be a container of freedom? The option is with you.” So powerful.
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I like that part too. π I liked how he said we can getter deeper into mind which isn’t helpful…Waste of timeπ
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I like that too. Coming from a woman who has spent so much time agonizing inside her own mind…it’s so freeing to realize that we don’t have to keep looking at that. It doesn’t have to be fixed or addressed. We can simply redirect our awareness.
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And acknowledge and honor… But not go down into it. That’s what I found…I wish sooner. π
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Yes, I know that feeling too. I find it really comforting to think that the reason I wasn’t brought to certain ideas and information sooner is that it simply wasn’t the right time. Imagine, living in a mind that sees everything happening at the perfect time? You’d never be late, even if the whole rest of the world said you were! You’d always be right on time. π β€
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