another new day
it's Monday again... the start of a new week. this is the day I get to spend some time doing house chores as well as hopefully engage in some of my interests and pursuits. today I look forward to listening to the online mass, a great way to start the day. then to explore a bit my growing interest in samadhi, or way of making space for consciousness about who we truly are. there is a lot of material online, and there is also the daily moment by moment practice of just being... of letting go of all thoughts, most especially the ruminating kind or the critical voices in the head, so that the space for quiet, peaceful stillness within can just be that - a space. I have come to realise that it is also in this space that His presence is full. empty space and yet full.
this will be a busy week ahead, and yet, today is meant to be a quiet day. it's like the rise and fall of musical notes. the rhythm of the week has that up and down. not up and down of mood but up and down of activities, intertwined with still moments. I am beginning to love this music.
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with the virus cases on the rise, we are again being asked to lockdown or lock in further in our homes. four months already of being locked in. but here locking is not such a bad word. in fact, this locked-ness has lead to a lot of unlocking within. it has made many of us journey a little bit more within. within our homes, within our family culture and dynamics, within our personal dynamics. lock and unlock. two sides of one coin. as always two sides merging into one. the loss of duality and the uniting of polarities that we have in our mind.
*****
who knows how long each of us will live here on this earth, in this human form? the past four months have drummed into our awareness the fleetingness of human life. here today, gone tomorrow. some with only a very brief time to say goodbye. you almost think that having cancer and the slow let go is a privilege where one can prepare for that goodbye. with this new virus, some goodbyes come only after one has already physically gone.
is one way better than the other? long goodbye, or short one? when a person dies of sudden heart failure - is that inferior a way of going versus one who had long debilitating illness? when there is love, both are equally painful. or painful in different ways, not one more or less than the other. some people even prefer one, and some prefer the other. love is the equalising factor. and likewise, when there is no love, both can have either/or effects. at the end of the day, goodbyes, no matter what kind, can bring sadness and pain of loss in different doses, and land on different hearts.. these just are.
*****
colours are part of nature, of the natural existence of life. everywhere we look, we see colour. this is because there is light.. the colours are the concrete effects of light's existence. light reflected back and seen by our eyes. it is said that we too have colour. our aura exudes colour. with the existence of light, we reflect particular colours out.. what colour are you? what colour am I? what might the light we exude look like? it would be interesting to know.
they say we can actually become aware of our aura, and it's colour or colours. perhaps if we are still, we will sense it. we probably are also sensing at every moment the colours of others. but because we are so preoccupied with many things, these colours seem to recede from our awareness. if we are still, we might just become aware once more.
for now, with our busy-ness, we can at least enjoy the visible colours around us. the light green freshness of the leaves of a budding tree.. the blueness or orangeness of the sky... the wonderful yellow breast of the bird outside the window... the vibrant redness of a flower... and so on... these colours never stop reflecting light. just like nature never stops reflecting the beauty of His creation. they just are.
*****
time to get on with this Monday.
may stillness amidst busy-ness prevail.
may there be a continued unlocking of our selves within and that we may spread free and easy outward, with our life-given spirit.
may colours around and within abound to showcase the beauty we still have, even as we stay within our homes for the fourth month...
God be our light! 🙏
this will be a busy week ahead, and yet, today is meant to be a quiet day. it's like the rise and fall of musical notes. the rhythm of the week has that up and down. not up and down of mood but up and down of activities, intertwined with still moments. I am beginning to love this music.
*****
with the virus cases on the rise, we are again being asked to lockdown or lock in further in our homes. four months already of being locked in. but here locking is not such a bad word. in fact, this locked-ness has lead to a lot of unlocking within. it has made many of us journey a little bit more within. within our homes, within our family culture and dynamics, within our personal dynamics. lock and unlock. two sides of one coin. as always two sides merging into one. the loss of duality and the uniting of polarities that we have in our mind.
*****
who knows how long each of us will live here on this earth, in this human form? the past four months have drummed into our awareness the fleetingness of human life. here today, gone tomorrow. some with only a very brief time to say goodbye. you almost think that having cancer and the slow let go is a privilege where one can prepare for that goodbye. with this new virus, some goodbyes come only after one has already physically gone.
is one way better than the other? long goodbye, or short one? when a person dies of sudden heart failure - is that inferior a way of going versus one who had long debilitating illness? when there is love, both are equally painful. or painful in different ways, not one more or less than the other. some people even prefer one, and some prefer the other. love is the equalising factor. and likewise, when there is no love, both can have either/or effects. at the end of the day, goodbyes, no matter what kind, can bring sadness and pain of loss in different doses, and land on different hearts.. these just are.
*****
colours are part of nature, of the natural existence of life. everywhere we look, we see colour. this is because there is light.. the colours are the concrete effects of light's existence. light reflected back and seen by our eyes. it is said that we too have colour. our aura exudes colour. with the existence of light, we reflect particular colours out.. what colour are you? what colour am I? what might the light we exude look like? it would be interesting to know.
they say we can actually become aware of our aura, and it's colour or colours. perhaps if we are still, we will sense it. we probably are also sensing at every moment the colours of others. but because we are so preoccupied with many things, these colours seem to recede from our awareness. if we are still, we might just become aware once more.
for now, with our busy-ness, we can at least enjoy the visible colours around us. the light green freshness of the leaves of a budding tree.. the blueness or orangeness of the sky... the wonderful yellow breast of the bird outside the window... the vibrant redness of a flower... and so on... these colours never stop reflecting light. just like nature never stops reflecting the beauty of His creation. they just are.
*****
time to get on with this Monday.
may stillness amidst busy-ness prevail.
may there be a continued unlocking of our selves within and that we may spread free and easy outward, with our life-given spirit.
may colours around and within abound to showcase the beauty we still have, even as we stay within our homes for the fourth month...
God be our light! 🙏
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