Experiencing Life and Love in the Moment
First of all, we have all heard that we need to live in the ‘moment.’ What does that mean? The passing of time, the onrushing of the future into the past, and the past into memory, makes it difficult to find what the moment is. To live in the moment collapses what was and what will become into a split second.
It is easier said than done, to hold onto this moment. It moves out of our grasp, like trying to hold onto a waterfall.
But, the waterfall is really what it is about. It is where we find the Moment—the state of flow between the past and future—in the center of time. In this sense, the moment is outside of the past and future. A better word, perhaps, is the Present. Or even Presence—to be fully present, in our bodies, our minds, our senses, our emotions, to what is really happening. We do not need to grasp it, for in grasping it, it is already gone.
What needs to happen is that our awareness can expand to hold more and more. This is often called a state of ‘meditation.’ Yet, one does not need to sit on a cushion, count breaths, or try to shut off the mind (although that can certainly help!)
Instead, using the image of a waterfall for this example, the experience of constant change is deepened, and then the contours, the roiling foam, the ever-changing, yet remaining path of the water, the rocks, and ourselves as the observer is deepened. The Present is expanded to include more and more of what is going on around us.
This is the deepening of life, and of the experience of life. It doesn’t matter whether you feel happy or sad, or your mind is calm, or clogged with worries and fears, the presence of reality is brought forth by deciding to remain in the center of the cyclone.
At that center, if it is sustained, the experience of light arises. This light, while similar to that of the sun, emanates from within our own hearts. The light becomes indistinguishable from Love, from the abiding, ever present and eternal love that sustains us and all Being.
Try it. Relax. The greater our awakening to feeling, presence, and stability, the greater the potential of a natural, effortless centering in the Moment beyond the past and future, yet encompassing and sustaining both!
