Like the rest of the known world, I am reading Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and enjoying it very much. I feel that I have been in the process of finding my life's purpose since I was born, or shortly thereafter. I was given last rights in the delivery room, but somehow I survived. So it has always seemed to me that I had a purpose for being here. What that purpose was I had no idea.
I thought I'd found it in becoming a parent or a teaching, or in writing, or in becoming a Reiki Master, all of those things outside of my essential self, all of those things merely structures for the ego. For me, a middle child, the ego is the hardest and most essential thing for me to release. They were talking about the aha moment some folks had when reading the book and here is one of mine:
When tragic loss occurs, you either resist or you yield. Some people become bitter or deeply resentful; others become compassionate, wise and loving. Yielding means inner acceptance of what is. You are open to life.
I'm still working on that yielding business, learning to, as some people say, let go and let goddess. But I am getting there.
Here's another:
The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time.
As I write this, I'm listening to Celia Cruz's trademark Rie, Llora, which translates to Laugh and Cry. This song, about the relativity of life, resonated with my from the first time I heard it. It says, what's good one minute might not be good the next, but what's important is to hold onto that moment of now and live your life to the fullest. It reminds me of what the Buddhists say about the joyful participation in the sorrows of the world.
Sometimes the universe just has to let you know you're onto something. My gift to you today is the lady doing what she does best.
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