Dream-Like
Just like a dream – there they were – all together – gathered from their respective places, and now it is all very different – that dream has disappeared – we are back to our other spaces in the universe again!
Life …. people come, people go. It all keeps changing for us; moment to moment movement happens on the outside, and we never know, who will step in and who will step out, in the unknown. Everything constantly changes……..
Life from one year ago is now in our memories. Not as clear. Life from two years ago, even more vague.
Attachment to Movement
Yet even though there is so much movement, what we see and identify with, even if now a memory becomes important, and so this is what we get attached to, too.
On this trip to Maui, I had friends come and go, children come and go, new acquaintances come and go, old acquaintances come and go …… movement throughout. This outer movement gave so much joy.
Presence
And yet deep inside – the stationery space of presence within me – stayed constant- another form of joy. This stationery space of presence was there at age 3, it is still there, the same, at age nearly 60, silent, calm, ageless and content.
This presence is there for eternity – it cannot ‘not be’. It always is. We just don’t seem to recognize this deeply enough, to be able to reside in that spot comfortably, and without hesitation.
This place of presence is a pure marvel and yet it is ignored so often by us, as we create human drama associated with everything that comes and goes- attempting to make it be more than it is.
Permanence in Good Movement
We look for permanence in the movement that is lovely, and we struggle with the movement that is not so pleasant, instead of shifting our focus within and finding the permanence there- where it is to be found.
As always we look in the wrong direction.
Even I, who has been questioning and transforming my inner state for a while, inadvertently wanted to make my experience in Maui permanent.
I cried as I left, as I had found a new depth within myself that I did not know existed – simply forgetting it was going with me to Canada! Lol.
