There comes a point when we realize that goals are mental tricks we play on our own heads; we set them up, race toward this future moment when we'll arrive, be happy, and stop struggling. The problem with that mentality is we never reach the finish line. By definition the "finish line" keeps shifting, and we find ourselves in a constant struggle. Eventually we reach the point where we don't even know where the finish line is anymore, and that is when we are close to realizing the inherent illusion to the whole goal mentality.
The point isn't reaching somewhere, the point is shifting our perspective of what is happening, so that we are aligned with the truth. We will be infinitely supported when we are in alignment. We'll have this point of transcendence where time and space stop altogether and we find ourselves wanting for nothing, able to just be, satisfied, grateful, right in the moment. For me those moments come when I am teaching, practicing yoga asanas, or writing. Time stands still in those instances and I find myself literally swept away into what is happening right then.
It's a matter of knowing we are safe in the moment as it is, sitting right in it without fear. A trick to determining whether we are moving into alignment is whether our body feels tight and anxious. The feeling tone of peace, expansion, and a sense of connection helps to trigger movement in the right direction; peace feels good, right, and tightness feels lousy.
In those times when we feel lost, out of alignment, it helps to look for a life line. There will always be something - we just need to make the mental shift to see it. Maybe our life line will come in terms of words from a song on the radio, maybe if we are trapped, a spider spinning an intricate web in a corner of the room will catch our attention, maybe a friend will show up, answer our mental or verbal call for help at just the right moment. If nothing else we can always turn to the breath - there's always that.
I'm realizing it's my job to also act as a life line for other people. They are counting on me to be there for them, to not be too busy, wrapped up in my fake dramas to the point where I'm unaware of them.
When we move in a state of peace, connection and expansion we won't get hurt, and we won't hurt others. I guess that's another sign of being in correct alignment - it will never hurt. The only hurt that is possible is mental, our own mental gyrations when we act from fear, when we miss the life lines that are always there, when we stop being a life line ourselves for others.
It's time to wake up and realize the perfection that is here, now, always, thankful for the life lines, thankful for the moment, thankful for life.
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