A very wise teacher of mine used to say “There is no good, there is no bad….there just IS”.
Growing up I LEARNED to label every experience I encounter.
Now I know that when I label, sometimes I take away from ‘just being’ in the experience.
Think about it… If every experience was something that felt ‘good’, I would never fully understand what ‘good’ really feels like. If I did not touch the burner on the stove, I would not know what hot is.
Ultimately life is about experiencing ‘condition’ to truly know what ‘unconditional’ is.
All the ‘bad’, ‘hurtful’, ‘painful’ (or fill in the blank) feelings I feel, are nothing more than living the labels and judgments. They can all be transmuted to knowledge of experiencing what I don’t want to be OR better yet, NOT who I AM. - Knowing NOT to touch the stove again unless I want to feel what being burned feels like.
When I come to understanding that, it always shifts the situation. Ahhhhhh I can breathe it all in.
Sometimes I need to feel the raw emotions just so I know what that feels like.
When I no longer want to walk around in the pain/fear (whatever), then I stop labeling it and just BE.
It is a practice that takes observation, patience with self and Love.
Knowing that IT just IS.
I AM THAT.
We all are going through the being human thing. All going thru our own experiences to teach us who we are inside. It all IS.
Today I consciously drink from the fountain of WHAT IS.
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