In every moment
(Reposting this as someone hacked into my site! Was originally posted in Sept 2009)
I recently completed the Learn to Meditate level 3 course at the Shiva School of Meditation in Mt Eliza. As always, Swamiji’s wisdom, humour and teachings were uplifting and inspiring.
Swamiji spoke of Gurdjieff’s method of Self Remembering. Wherever we are and what ever we are doing, look inward to the self as well as outwards to the outer world. Swamiji said don’t leave your self out of it – practice self remembering in every situation. We spend out time looking outwards but need to learn to keep a focus inwards at the same time.
In every moment of our life, there is a possibility. In every moment, we have two choices. If we are present in each moment, we can see there is a choice to take the energised view or the depleted view. The energised view uplifts, is buoyant and abundant, while the depleted view drains our energy and contracts our feeling.
Meditation lets us understand that, in each moment, the choice is actually ours. We may think things happen to us but in the moment our action, our reaction, the way we see and respond to that moment is our own choice. As we strengthen the connection with the self, we develop with wisdom power to make the uplifting choice, the one which brings us closer to peace, happiness, love, contentment and balance. As we continue our practice, we will make the right choice more often.
We need to ask ourselves if there is a better view we can take in any situation. Raise your view, raise your understanding and come to a higher view, a higher understanding. When we see ourselves taking the negative path, being affected by depression or anger, ask ourselves – is there a better way to look at this? We can build our energy by looking for the uplifting choice in each moment.
The self is always there – look for the choice in each moment which brings you closer to it and experience the natural peace and happiness which resides within you. Swamiji read a Zen quote:
If you distill your vital energy,
protect it to the utmost and nourish it constantly
then the whole universe becomes
a divine elixir
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