We are first and foremost spiritual beings that are living in a human body in a physical world. We were formed by the hand of heaven to experience the wonder of human life, and yet we find ourselves thinking about the stress of our work, the complexity of our relationships, the rising gas prices, the war in Iraq, the chaos of constant activity instead of being aware of the breath and beat of our heart that reminds us that we are alive! We are alive now— right now—this moment, and oh, what a miracle that is!
The spiritual teacher Ram Dass has given us the wonderful book Be Here Now. Perhaps, what is most important about the book is the very title itself. When we can stop our endless mind chatter to simply be here now, we are astonished to find that happiness is not an elusive lover at all. She is inside our own soul —right now.
You are exactly right - we are alive right now, in this moment and it truly is a miracle. It is also a gift. Our life is not a \"test run\"...this is the real thing and we can choose to be happy or not happy. It has been my experience, that negative, unhappy people will drain all your good energy from you. If you don\'t have any happiness in your life, it is a very sad place to be...live, love and be happy!
Posted by: Patti 6/19/2008 4:57:02 PM
Thank you for this beautiful insight :) For some time now I have been feeling that enjoying the present moment knowing that I have made many mistakes (lately) and down that road I have lost many of the morals that hold my heart close to my spirituality; when I\'m reminded of this, I realize that I can\'t simply be happy when I\'m missing so much within... but then, perhaps this is but an illusion - and my wrongful actions are simply rocks I must bump into in order to learn. I\'m a 21 year old and I truly want to take the Leap of Faith, be a truly good person, devoted to G-d, ever-honoring the divinity that lies within and around all that is... but then I\'m reminded of that I\'m quite imperfect. Does happiness come along solely with positive action, personal change, self- realization' or, as I do this, should I be able to find happiness here, now, in the midst of my mistakes'
Posted by: Angelica 6/11/2008 1:17:07 AM
There is more to life than happiness... But anyway, I always found the key to being unhappy was to want to be happy. We need more in life than satisfaction.
Posted by: http://proudyoungreactionary.blogspot.com/ 6/10/2008 12:02:02 PM
Be here now. This is the door to JOY!
Posted by: Lila 5/14/2008 9:22:08 AM
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