THE MIND BOGGLES!!

Change Your Life | April 6 2023 No. 803

 

 

 

If you know me at all, you'll know how often I talk about the reality of effortlessness. This week's video explores in what I hope is the kind of meaningful way that might allow a penny effortlessly drop!

 

 

 

 

This Week's Reflection

 

I'm warming up to my subject... allowing yourself...

 

Allowing yourself stumble (we talked about that last week); allowing yourself flow; allowing yourself be. Just be.

 

Now, herein lies the proverbial Holy Grail. Because, when you are, you don't have a care in the world. In this moment, to quote Anthony deMello, "all is well" - a simple statement of fact.

 

This is why, for example, using one's breath to meditate can be so powerful. But do please note what I've just said... "using one's breath". We don't meditate on our breath, we use our breath to meditate. Or, to put it another way, we don't focus on our breathing, we use the rhythm of our breathing to focus. To be.

 

Various people have used various words to describe the consequences of being - "acceptance" and "surrender" being two of the most commonly used. On the one hand, these are part of the being process, on the other, they are a knock-on knowing that comes from being.

 

Either way, they are a step too far in complicating the simple!

 

Next time you meditate or mini-meditate, allow yourself simply experience the physical experiences of being with which your body provides you. You are being provided with these experiences anyway - but the act of allowing enables you experience how it feels to be.

 

The gateway to change in your life.