Take what is given

Everything is present now.  To want more or assume something is missing, is to block what is already given. In essence, you imagine barriers that block the truth of who you are.  You selectively forget.  The mind gets focused on its own dualistic ideas, beliefs and perceptions that come to shape what you see. You are conditioned to view yourself as separate from all others. The more you narrow and compare individual views, the more of reality beyond it is cut off. Instead of taking, you resist what is given

All-the-while, something within longs you to heal any sense of difference. Through the lens of divine love, all is one. Spirit is never confined as mind believes. As you let go of the part of the mind that craves, newer, better, different, or extraordinary experiences, the simple and ordinary are illuminated. Peace and contentment unveil themselves as constant companions. Awareness speaks. Nothing seen through filters has meaning.

"Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health." -George Herbert

Comments

[Hilary]

Hi Liara .. I love the George Herbert quote .. every moment is here for a reason .. accept and be at peace .. my understanding will continue on .. enjoy the now.

Thanks - Hilary

[Liara Covert]

Hilary, the truth is here now in all is glory. What is meaningful for you at a given moment determines what you are in touch with, what you invite in, as well as what you block, fear and do not allow yourself to notice. The mind has its own agenda and views events as things that stand out. The truth is sometimes described as unconditional love, acceptance and peace or awareness of being. This natural state has no agenda. Your attention shifts away from who you are because you are conditioned to seek what you do not allow yourself to see within. Let go of quest for understanding and notice he essence of who you are.

[~ bern ~]

When soul weds spirit, there is nothing available to give or take. There are no more gifts to exchange. Everything is finished and complete. Instead of receiving a new name after one renounces all vows, the universe becomes nameless.

[Liara Covert]

Bernie, the ego only knows itself as separate "I" or self that divides itself from everything. The soul is the unique expression of how your human person views himself as separate from the unified whole until it recognizes it is not separate. Spirit is pure emptiness, pure energy, without cause or quality. The only way to gain innersight into Spirit is through the process experienced by the soul. The emptiness or consciousness is always viewing through the body-mind. Note Adyashanti who says, "You cannot experience enlightenment because in enlightenment there is no you. True love only occurs as you disappears."