03 Nov 2014

"Surrender to what is"-Eckhart Tolle
Just four words in this sentence and yet it has the power to lift you up from any trouble, dilema or situation.
This is what I perceive of it and apply it practically:
"Surrender " is to completely be in the moment and accept the situation without any resistance. Once you are in that state, how can you be troubled?
I personally have seen that in order to allow things to just flow without resistance and thus make this mantra work , I first need to indentify and acknowledge the fact that I'm troubled. Step two is that I remind myself that this is not my true state and this is not who I am. Thirdly I remember that everything is temporary .... this feeling , the current situation, the people and above all.... this life. Then instead of arguing or going "why" or concentrating on what could happen or could have happened, I just breathe and take in this "now" , this moment, and say "I truly accept the present and surrender to what is" .
Suddenly I can feel the shift in my energy, it sometimes manifests into a smile...-(and imagine smiling in the midst of a so-called dire situation) .... its amazing. Then since I don't allow my emotions to control me and create drama in my head, I am free to make the right decision or choice. The situation might not get better but I will know I was present and took the most wise decision. And that's all that matters in the end. Because lets face it, nothing is as serious as we make it to be.

26th May 2013

Constantly rambling,
Tireless,
Ego-centric,
Mind.

I see you,
not only hear you,
Now.

At first I get upset,
At how you over write,
and over ride,
the real me,
so easily,
and all the time!

But then I smile.

Because even to acknowledge this fact,
I stand and watch you,
while you are still at what you do best.

This realisation,
that at least I have separated,
to realise,
Becomes my strength to try harder,
or less?.

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There have been days when I see everything is nothing and nothing is everything and yet nothing is so far away. I feel I can't breathe. The knowledge becomes painful as it makes everything look futile and pointless. There is no want for anything.
Those days are depressing.
As I feel an endless journey is in front of me. Why? and then nothing is important. I go through the 'so what?' phase.
One day as usual, I sat down and cried not knowing why. Why so disheartened especially when the path is right? And then I questioned that day "Why am I here?", again and again, I asked myself aloud "Why am I here?" with moist eyes. And suddenly I heard myself and it seemed so funny. So funny, like a drama. A drama I had created. There was nothing. Suddenly there was just nothing but this self tickling experience. If someone would have witnessed this, he/she would think I am 'mad' to be crying and suddenly giggling.
I was smiling because I relaised the obvious internally: It was just the mind again....at its best!