It is very easy to get caught up in the mile markers along the road. There’s no doubt about that. It’s hard, though, to remember that there’s an on-going journey that doesn’t end. Well, maybe it ends when you take the proverbial dirt nap. Then again, maybe it doesn’t. I’m not going to argue that point either way. What I will argue is that the whole journey thing just doesn’t end. Sorry. I don’t mean to exhaust you. You’re just going to be in a state of constant movement down a particularly path for the rest of your life.
Rather than create a sense of despair, futility, and loss of control, I think there is something comforting in knowing that movement will be a constant throughout my life. I won’t ever get bored because things will always be changing. I won’t have to worry about not having something new to see or do. Every day I wake up, there’s something unexpected in store. I like that idea. The Universe is swirling around me, and that suits me just fine.
Stagnation is a state of mind, at least in the way I am using it. Stagnation is the very conscious decision to ignore the ebb and flow of the Universe and generate the illusion of time standing still. It takes energy and force of will to block out the generous, life-giving flow of Everything, and expending that energy will drain you. The feeling of being drain will increase the desire for the illusion, and the illusion will demand energy. Soon, the illusion and the demand for energy take their toll on the individual…that would be you and me and some other people you know…and the individual is left with plenty of reasons to rage against the injustices of a stagnant Universe.
Of course, that’s a lie. The Universe moves. We have to appreciate the movement and recognize it as the very nature of our existence. We can glide gracefully with the flow if we so choose. When we so choose, we can open our eyes and remember that life is one continuous journey and that the milestones and gates are artificial constructs of a mind rooted in the world of form.
Choose to look beyond the mirage and remember the journey is everything. Everything and a bag of chips.
Illuminate Possibilities 