Be playful

Recall how it feels to be playful, spontaneous, loose and free-spirited.  If you forget how to be relaxed and have fun in the moment, observe a puppy, a kitten or a small child.  Watch how they know nothing matters and take things lightly.  Get a feather and tickle yourself silly. Ask a friend or companion to use the tips of the fingers to remind you how to release tension.

This is not about pondering the last time you laughed.  Its not about focusing on a future moment when you imagine you might get around to it.  Notice where your mind is when your child wants to play. Are you always focused in the same place, in this moment, or on something else you would rather be doing?Is your mind elsewhere? Snap out of it.  Light-heartedness is a core state. Turn attention to how glorious it is to be where you are.  Be here now. Lighten up!

Savour the sensations that are available. Balance a fork or ball on your nose. Dance in ways that set your body free,  Float along with the wind as you fly a kite or sail along a body of water. Watch sand ooze through the toes at the beach.   Bend a spoon with the mind. Play for the sheer joy of it.

Remain as the Self

That which perceives everything else in its presence is the seer. When you allow a thought to turn into a belief, this becomes your experience. This world is and is not exactly what you think in the moment. In the heart, all truth is confirmed for you. There is no unknown, only that which is revealed or obscured. Only the mind accepts or rejects. To remain the Self is to completely surrender to the infinite unknown. There is no place to go where you are not. Nothing exists with the watcher behind appearances. To know freedom is to touch the soul. Nobody can ever eat, sleep or just be for you.