20 November 2020
Everything about who you are was decided for you before you were even born. Who your parents are, when in history you were born, your eye color, and so many features of your physical reality were predetermined by the universal intelligence. So much about you is happening automatically and without your help or interference. Your heart is beating, your blood is circulating, your lungs are breathing. All of this is happening without your input or choice. It’s almost as if life isn’t about doing anything. Living is about being cooperative observers, peaceful, still and calmly alert. When you quietly observe everything, you begin to sense that you are “being lived” rather doing anything active. It’s similar to thinking of your lungs as “being breathed.” It’s automatic, it’s natural. There is a simple explantation of this miracle. It is because you are created. Your existence is a natural outpouring of love. Acknowledge that love and let your life unfold, naturally.
We are often under the assumption that we have control over our lives, but this is an illusion. Your control lies in how well you pay attention without being beckoned by unconscious, obsessive thinking. The universal intelligence gives us the power to focus, not on just obsessive thinking and compulsive action, but on the spacious dimension of being that exists beyond thought and beyond form. But don’t be fooled into thinking formlessness and spaciousness are nothing. Stillness is the backbone of potential and creativity. The “goodies” in life lie in the moments the mind is quiet and the body is still. This will help you relax into your day and allow life to unfold, naturally. Be the ever-present observer, and you’ll see miraculous things happen in your life.
Today is another day to explore the potential of a quiet mind and body. Remain at peace today, and let the natural flow of your being reach into your daily activities and encounters. Allow the love that created you to flow into every aspect of your life today, especially if the situation is challenging. There is nothing you have to control. Control requires way too much effort. Convert the illusion of control into the freedom of surrendering to the present moment by allowing everything to be just as it needs to be. Today, you are a channel of peace. Tune into that channel at every moment of this day.