SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IS NOT A GOAL Spiritual awakening is not a goal to reach in the future, for future is only of mind. It is not a fixed and final destination, nor a special state reserved for special people or enlightened gurus. It is not an out-of-body experience, but a constant invitation - to embrace yourself exactly as you are, today, in all your glorious imperfection. It is a deep and ancient calling, to radically open up, to embrace both the pain and the joy of life; to be vast, vast enough to hold both the bliss and the fear, the heartache and the overwhelm, the laughter and the deep longing to be free. To include whatever burns today in one big YES. To be what you are. Life itself. Awake, alive. This deep acceptance as I call it is not passivity nor spiritual detachment, but a giant validation of the way life looks today. It does not mean giving up on the possibility of change, for all real change emanates from the YES to today. A relaxation into the way things are, a sinking into the scene of today, unlocks all your tomorrows and is the source of all creativity, and all genuine answers. No matter how powerfully the storm of thought and emotion rages right now, no matter how unmanageable everything seems, I invite you to stop, to stop just for a moment, and to bring your attention back to the here-and-now, the living ground of your life, the One place where breathing is happening... where the heart is beating ... where sensations dance in and as the body ... where sounds appear, stay for a while, and dissolve into purest awareness... and where sunlight streams in through the open window... illuminating the room, the room which holds you as you are. - Jeff Foster
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:39:00 +0000
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