The Story of Life

The Story of Life

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be, your neighbor, your coworker, a long lost friend, or a complete stranger. When you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way.

Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck.

Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved,straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become.

Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen.

Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.

You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.

Most importantly if you Love someone tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.

Learn a lesson in life each day that you live. That's the story of Life.

Simplified My life

In an ever changing physical environment it can be hard to lose something we are attached too.

Many teach that to become enlightened a person must detach from worldly things. It has been my experience that this is backwards. When someone wakes to being they are profoundly aware of how temporary this physical form environment is. Knowing this makes a person able to enjoy luxury without holding on to it or becoming ensnared. This also avoids a false sense of entitlement.

Things around us are not good or bad in and of themselves.

When a person’s sense of identity is attached to things and those things are lost. We have a great opportunity to find out what we really value in life.

I was sitting at a park near my church in the evening of 6th september 2009. The area was slightly secluded. You accessed it by walking across the jogging track that was built perfectly. It was sunny. There was a slight breeze and I could see people working out in the distance. The warmth of the sun burned on my skin just below the fabric of my jeans. The only sounds I could hear were natural. Even though I'm sure many people went to this place on the weekend, it felt untouched. I didn't know why I went there as I usually tried to stay away from areas that would bring on hay fever i but I felt like going there.

At some point I took my bottle of water and my MP3 player out of my shoulder bag. I had downloaded a talk by Eckhart Tolle before. I can't remember which one it was. Most of what he had to say I had heard before. I didn't really mind. I would often just listen to his voice. It had become soothing and familiar to me. I let my eyes rest on the horizon and my mind went out of focus. I sighed and wobbled a bit from left to right.

I didn't expect anything to happen. This moment was complete, but then he said something that made my heart burst with feelings. He said on the recording:

"What was there before the Universe began..... is still within you".

That was the last thing I heard. I could feel my awareness opening up. The "I" in my life-story blurred within seconds. I no longer knew where I ended and nature began. The distance between me and the swans no longer existed. I was the wooden planks on the bridge. I was the air that rippled over the water. I was the sun that caressed the earth. I was the voice of somebody who never met me. I was a car in the far distance and all I could feel was love, love, unbound love!!!

I knew that I had to be there at that moment. I knew that it couldn't have been any other way. I knew that the "I" had so little significance in the big picture. It was very overwhelming, but in a pleasant way.

When I came back to my senses I wiped my face. I had been crying and had not even notice it. Tired and a bit dazzled I went home. It's something that I will never forget. Even though I would like to relive it, I know that it was the spontaneous play of life and I can't make this happen.