 EMPTY SPACE IS FULL OF HAPPINESS. If we ever think of space at all we tend to dismiss it as irrelevant - we are more interested in the objects in space. However, without space these objects would not exist. When I say objects I am talking about everything. Space contains, the Sun, Earth and cars. It contains the internet, cheese sandwiches and love. It also contains ideas, wind, war, peace and your own body. Now space doesn't object to any of these events not even to war and hatred, it just allows them to come and to go. This space also contains, feelings of joy and feelings of sadness. It contains the hurt from criticism and the joy of praise. It also contains birth and death. The more space-like we are the more joy and happiness we experience. However, we try to allow into space only the things we like or what we think will improve our self image. As a consequence we spend too much of our time trying to control our environment, which is impossible. If we can adopt through mindfulness meditation a space like attitude, a change takes place in our lives - a change from struggle to freedom. We need to see that life brings everything our way and we need to be like the reed in the wind - a gust of wind comes a gust of wind goes. The reed bends that way, then it bends this way. In other words, anger arises and then anger goes. The longing for a new phone arises the longing for a new phone goes. Thoughts that say "i'm no good," or "my life is going nowhere," arise then they fall. However, instead of being space-like we have judgements and opinions about almost everything that happens and as a result we tie ourselves up in knots. We close down on life and try to experience just a portion of it. For example, we may not like to meet new people so we stay cocooned in a small familiar world because of fear. This doesn't mean that we treat everything the same and have no values, but rather our response to the world than comes through our belly and not our head. In other words we rely on our instincts and natural "feel" for the world rather that received opinions and fears. So whilst sitting in meditation notice how you want to control. Allow as best as you can for everything to exist for a time and then pass away. Thoughts, sensations, doubts, joy and the sound of traffic. If you do this over time a happiness and peacefulness will silently enter your life - because you have given up struggling. And when you have given up struggling the richness of life reveals itself. |
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