Every morning at dawn, a blue jay will chirp outside of the bedroom window, proclaim the arrival of consciousness, the bird is saying "you have fallen asleep, time to wake up". Then as I sit myself ready for my practice, the wind chimes will announce "let this consciousness be with you always, whatever you do". Through out the day while I was deeply involve myself at work, totally unaware of the consciousness, then a very small scene or movement will remind me that I am in and out of sleep, I know this because consciousness is witnessing the whole thing. Like swimming, for a while it is just movement, exercising, thinking, breathing, then for a brief moment, consciousness will take over, showing you what I am actually doing, or not doing while swimming.
Last week on my way to LA, while I was driving, I saw two dolphins swimming along side in the ocean, they were in and out of the water effortlessly, totally in sync with each other. I have seen this a hundred times, however, this time is very different, at that moment, I was awed by it's beauty, my tears began to flow. Existence has a way to bring our consciousness to light.
Every day, every moment, if you are aware, consciousness is always there. Like the breath, you may not notice it all the time, but now, you notice it, don't you? it is not just about inhale and exhale, it is consciousness, it is life, it is existence. . There is a man (or two) in India that hit the news recently, that he does not eat nor drink for more than 30 years. Existence can sustain him, in ways we do not understand. Jesus says man does not live by food along. Could he mean the same? The Consciousness?
"The body and mind are just temporary happenings, is the awareness of that not inspiration enough to long for something beyond?"- Sadhguru
It is very real. We human beings are after this body and mind even we know they are very much temporary happenings.
ReplyDeletetotally agree, especially in CA :)
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