Seeking, Always Seeking……

For thousands of years we have been told that the peace we long for is someplace else or off in the future when things finally come together because we have done ‘it’ right.

For example, we were made to believe that we could reach enlightenment if we meditated many hours a day, stopped our minds and denied our desires.  If this worked, we would have millions of enlightened people on our planet.

Many of us were also told that we could reach heaven if we did everything right (although “right” was a variable thing).  And if we didn’t, we went to either purgatory or hell.

The truth is that whatever is called ‘enlightenment’ or ‘heaven’ is already here!

Whatever it is that you long for – peace, joy, ease, love –  is not in some far-off place in the future.  It is right here, right now.

Now watch your mind.  It may be saying, “How do I get there?”  But you can’t get there because whatever the words ‘enlightenment’ or ‘heaven’ point to is already here.

What you can do, in this moment, is soften your belly and allow a long, slow out-breath.  Relax into this moment.  Look around, see what is right now; hear what is right now; feel what is right now.  This is it!  This is the only moment that matters in your whole life because your life is unfolding out of this moment.  Open to it.  Relax into it.

And then watch the seeking mind take back over again, maybe saying, “That’s not enough;” or “I didn’t do it right;” or “What if I won’t be able to come to this place again because my mind is too busy?”

Whatever you mind did with what is being offered here, know those are just stories in your head.

And, for this moment, soften your belly, allow an open breath and relax into life.