Most people live in a fantasy world. They think that their likes and dislikes, their strengths and weaknesses, their hobbies and careers, their families and cultures, their hopes and their dreams all indicate who they are. They're comfortably nestled into the idea that their happiness and success depends on how their lives unfold in relation to this sense of their selves. They've spent their whole lives constructing their images, with enthusiastic encouragement from others. The last thing they want to hear is that their world views are delusional and that they have to dismantle and discard them, if they want to know the truth.
By simply saying that, it's likely that I've just lost a portion of my readers, already.
Speaking this truth directly and without pretense will bounce off of any brain not willing and open to accepting and absorbing it. But this is the way it is. So then, how can a teacher coax people onto a path of spiritual evolution?
It becomes necessary to speak falsely. To promise treasures and greatness for the illusory self, knowing full well that the best prizes don't present themselves until after one has seen through the illusion. The hope being that, once students are dedicated to a path, the false phrasings can be replaced with more accurate depictions.
But, until people release their preconceptions, the truth can't take root. More accurate phrasing might inspire sufficient curiosity to motivate one beyond preconceptions, but hearing descriptions of the indescribable isn't a suitable substitute for the experiences a teacher strives to lead his/her students to.
Pushing too hard will end in rejection and dismissal. Too light a touch won't move students out of their comfort zones. And there's no right touch for all occasions or all students. So a teacher must have a clear sense of where her students are developmentally, know how receptive they are, hone a heightened sensitivity to each students real time reactions, and be able to adjust her words and intensity, on the fly.
The self, the body, families and needs don't evaporate. It's not about destroying the ego and relinquishing all ambitions. It's more a matter of gaining a better understanding of the relationships between the different aspects of self, consciousness and awareness. And then, adopting more appropriate priorities and attitudes.
It's akin to a child realizing that her stuffed animals don't really have feelings or that he's not actually a master ninja. From one perspective, it's a pity to lose the illusion, but the truth is what it is. It's a no brainer which version of reality is better to choose to live within.
No kids want to be told that their fantasies are silly child stuff, and it's certainly not a fun job to do so. But it's an important job that, at some point in time, needs to be done, for the good of the children and the world that they will inherit responsibility for.
So an effective teacher must be tender and loving, patient and kind, helpful and nurturing, respectful and understanding - all without being pushy or demanding. He must simultaneously be motivator and supporter, scout and guide, master and servant. Of course, no one can be all things to all people. He can only strive to provide what aspirants who arrive seeking guidance need, in a form that's digestible for them.
May all teachers continue to learn and grow into the best examples that they can be, and may they lead as many others as they can, forward, in their journeys, for the good of us all.
Om shanti, shanti, shanti
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Letting Go - The Art of Surrender
When meditating, it seems like there is a thing to do, a right way to do it and something to be attained by doing so. This very notion will keep anything substantial from happening. It creates a scenario something like trying to walk one's way into a comfortable seated position.
True, there are many recommended techniques for strengthening focus or concentration. But these practices are only the doorway, and if one doesn't put the threshold behind him, there'll be no play time in the larger expanses, which is, after all, the grander intention.
Meditation is a practice of surrender.
When thoughts or images lure us away from the object, it's not a matter of correcting an error and getting it right. We just need to let go of the distraction, let go of any urge to see where it wants to take us, let go of self judgment, let go of preconceptions and fall back into the practice.
We surrender our memories and our fantasies, our roles and our obligations, our ambitions and our identities. I'm reminded of a Peanuts comic strip where Charlie Brown was bundled up in so many clothes that he couldn't move. We need to shed layer after layer until we gain the freedom and flexibility that we seek.
Once a settled mind is established as the primary way of being, we can work to distill our sense of self to its purest essence and then begin to move beyond the individual, to global, then universal, consciousness. Beyond consciousness lies unadorned awareness. None of which can be experienced while the ego is driving.
The journey into a meditation is like making a paper airplane. Our intention shapes the wings and our will provides the thrust. But at some point, we have to let go and let it take flight. Otherwise, our meditation is like a kid holding onto his plane and “flying” it around in fantasy.
We have to ignore the man who is the curtain before we can unveil, and then see through, the man behind the curtain.
As long as we cling to our image of who or what we think we are, we'll never be able to move beyond it – to reveal our true nature, to feel our connection with the whole and to discover the enduring contentment that simply is, when life is no longer seen as revolving around false notions of self.
To invite a greater understanding and to allow life to be what it is. To let go of certainty. To surrender to the truth, whatever it may be. This is the wish that spawned the practice of meditation.
May all beings know truth. May all beings know peace.
Namaste
True, there are many recommended techniques for strengthening focus or concentration. But these practices are only the doorway, and if one doesn't put the threshold behind him, there'll be no play time in the larger expanses, which is, after all, the grander intention.
Meditation is a practice of surrender.
When thoughts or images lure us away from the object, it's not a matter of correcting an error and getting it right. We just need to let go of the distraction, let go of any urge to see where it wants to take us, let go of self judgment, let go of preconceptions and fall back into the practice.
We surrender our memories and our fantasies, our roles and our obligations, our ambitions and our identities. I'm reminded of a Peanuts comic strip where Charlie Brown was bundled up in so many clothes that he couldn't move. We need to shed layer after layer until we gain the freedom and flexibility that we seek.
Once a settled mind is established as the primary way of being, we can work to distill our sense of self to its purest essence and then begin to move beyond the individual, to global, then universal, consciousness. Beyond consciousness lies unadorned awareness. None of which can be experienced while the ego is driving.
The journey into a meditation is like making a paper airplane. Our intention shapes the wings and our will provides the thrust. But at some point, we have to let go and let it take flight. Otherwise, our meditation is like a kid holding onto his plane and “flying” it around in fantasy.
We have to ignore the man who is the curtain before we can unveil, and then see through, the man behind the curtain.
As long as we cling to our image of who or what we think we are, we'll never be able to move beyond it – to reveal our true nature, to feel our connection with the whole and to discover the enduring contentment that simply is, when life is no longer seen as revolving around false notions of self.
To invite a greater understanding and to allow life to be what it is. To let go of certainty. To surrender to the truth, whatever it may be. This is the wish that spawned the practice of meditation.
May all beings know truth. May all beings know peace.
Namaste
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Ambassadors of Joy
We get stuck in emotional states, and our recollection of repeated moods sets our impressions of who we are; and further, dictates how we affect those around us.
I know it feels like emotions happen to us like the weather. Something blows in and changes the way we feel. We become cold and shaky or hot and sweaty or pleasantly refreshed and elated. This is how it seems because this is our experience of how it's felt. However, this is not how it is.
Emotions may spring up spontaneously, but they won't linger unless invited to do so. We have to give them our attention and our thoughts, as water and food, to sustain them.
It is, perhaps, easier to see how this works with thoughts. A thought enters our field of perception. Maybe we focus on it, maybe not. If we don't, it disappears in a flash. It may, or may not, return later. If we water it with our attention and feed it with our emotional energy, it takes root and grows accordingly. Caring holds our interest and attention gives it fuel to flourish.
When we feel something, we can choose to pay attention to it, or not.
Upon getting startled, there's a momentary rush of fear. Once we see that the loud noise doesn't represent imminent danger, we let go and it quickly resides.
Even when embroiled in a feeling, we can shift in an instant.
Think about an occasion when you were angry, stressed or worried and the phone rang. Out of a sense of social expectation, you automatically answer in a courteous and cheerful tone. If it's a friend and you're drawn into a pleasant conversation, rather than recounting your mood and its perceived causes, you quickly find yourself feeling good.
Fortunately, a phone call isn't a prerequisite for shifting our focus and changing our mood.
If you pause and reminisce about a happy occasion, you'll begin to feel lightness and warmth. If you reflect on a frustrating memory, you'll feel tighter and closed off. In any given moment, we have the capacity to choose and change our feeling. All you need to do is imagine and invite it, and will appear.
There's a buffet in front of us, all the time. If a bite tastes sour or bitter, spit it out. Select another dish that tastes healthful and pleasing, and refresh your pallet.
It's really that easy; but then again, it's really not – at least, initially. We have habits, expectations and recollections of ourselves that includes being swept around in the currents of random feelings. Additionally, familiarity breeds comfort, so as bad as they may feel, we can be strangely drawn to them. Sometimes people hold beliefs that they deserve such ill feelings. And others commonly try to influence us because they want us to be like them, as the quality of their lives shift at the whims of their feelings.
Training and reprogramming are necessary, as well as, reframing the way we see our relationship with our emotions. It's a process and an evolution that takes diligence and time. There will be back sliding and doubt along the way. But as we start to see the results and notice the improvement in our lives, beyond how we feel, we gain inspiration and build momentum.
When we feel better, we're more connected to our lives and more open to others around us. Whatever our moods, they're infectious, and if we maintain positive attitudes, we inspire others to become better beings, themselves. Both through this immediate contact, and via our resonance with the fabric of existence, we influence the greater consciousness toward a higher evolution when we intentionally direct our feelings, as an on going practice.
Breathe and smile.
I know it feels like emotions happen to us like the weather. Something blows in and changes the way we feel. We become cold and shaky or hot and sweaty or pleasantly refreshed and elated. This is how it seems because this is our experience of how it's felt. However, this is not how it is.
Emotions may spring up spontaneously, but they won't linger unless invited to do so. We have to give them our attention and our thoughts, as water and food, to sustain them.
It is, perhaps, easier to see how this works with thoughts. A thought enters our field of perception. Maybe we focus on it, maybe not. If we don't, it disappears in a flash. It may, or may not, return later. If we water it with our attention and feed it with our emotional energy, it takes root and grows accordingly. Caring holds our interest and attention gives it fuel to flourish.
When we feel something, we can choose to pay attention to it, or not.
Upon getting startled, there's a momentary rush of fear. Once we see that the loud noise doesn't represent imminent danger, we let go and it quickly resides.
Even when embroiled in a feeling, we can shift in an instant.
Think about an occasion when you were angry, stressed or worried and the phone rang. Out of a sense of social expectation, you automatically answer in a courteous and cheerful tone. If it's a friend and you're drawn into a pleasant conversation, rather than recounting your mood and its perceived causes, you quickly find yourself feeling good.
Fortunately, a phone call isn't a prerequisite for shifting our focus and changing our mood.
If you pause and reminisce about a happy occasion, you'll begin to feel lightness and warmth. If you reflect on a frustrating memory, you'll feel tighter and closed off. In any given moment, we have the capacity to choose and change our feeling. All you need to do is imagine and invite it, and will appear.
There's a buffet in front of us, all the time. If a bite tastes sour or bitter, spit it out. Select another dish that tastes healthful and pleasing, and refresh your pallet.
It's really that easy; but then again, it's really not – at least, initially. We have habits, expectations and recollections of ourselves that includes being swept around in the currents of random feelings. Additionally, familiarity breeds comfort, so as bad as they may feel, we can be strangely drawn to them. Sometimes people hold beliefs that they deserve such ill feelings. And others commonly try to influence us because they want us to be like them, as the quality of their lives shift at the whims of their feelings.
Training and reprogramming are necessary, as well as, reframing the way we see our relationship with our emotions. It's a process and an evolution that takes diligence and time. There will be back sliding and doubt along the way. But as we start to see the results and notice the improvement in our lives, beyond how we feel, we gain inspiration and build momentum.
When we feel better, we're more connected to our lives and more open to others around us. Whatever our moods, they're infectious, and if we maintain positive attitudes, we inspire others to become better beings, themselves. Both through this immediate contact, and via our resonance with the fabric of existence, we influence the greater consciousness toward a higher evolution when we intentionally direct our feelings, as an on going practice.
Breathe and smile.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Yin of Meditation - the Yang of Contemplation
Meditation is critical to “clean the windows” in order to have the untainted vision needed to hold a clear overview of the mental processes. Contemplation is necessary to solidify the required motivation and intention to facilitate deeper meditative experiences.
Meditation is the way to feel the lasting self that exists beyond the more familiar cobbled and conceived self. Contemplation is the method for intentionally orchestrating the ever-changing, conceptual, functioning self.
Meditation is the way to feel the fullness of our interconnection with the flow of creation. Contemplation is the means to determine what goals and actions will best serve the whole.
Meditation lets us see our lives in an ever widening perspective. Contemplation is how we can focus on the nitty-gritty details of our lives.
Meditation dispels disconcerting thoughts and feelings. Contemplation is the venue to generate feelings and thoughts that create a sense of well being.
Meditation is the place to find equanimity with what is, as it is. Contemplation is the realm in which to dream a greater future.
Meditation gives one a sense of timelessness. Contemplation is the arena for laying out intelligent time lines.
Meditation generates the momentum. Contemplation steers the focus.
Yin and yang are not two separate things. They're two sides of one coin. They can not be divided, and only appear to be apart from each other. Meditation and contemplation should be seen and befriended as an inseparable couple.
When the stillness and vastness of meditation unite with the precise refinement and exacting direction of contemplation, we come to know the actual nature of our being and are intrinsically inspired to conduct our lives in the most loving, inclusive and harmonious manner.
Meditation is the way to feel the lasting self that exists beyond the more familiar cobbled and conceived self. Contemplation is the method for intentionally orchestrating the ever-changing, conceptual, functioning self.
Meditation is the way to feel the fullness of our interconnection with the flow of creation. Contemplation is the means to determine what goals and actions will best serve the whole.
Meditation lets us see our lives in an ever widening perspective. Contemplation is how we can focus on the nitty-gritty details of our lives.
Meditation dispels disconcerting thoughts and feelings. Contemplation is the venue to generate feelings and thoughts that create a sense of well being.
Meditation is the place to find equanimity with what is, as it is. Contemplation is the realm in which to dream a greater future.
Meditation gives one a sense of timelessness. Contemplation is the arena for laying out intelligent time lines.
Meditation generates the momentum. Contemplation steers the focus.
Yin and yang are not two separate things. They're two sides of one coin. They can not be divided, and only appear to be apart from each other. Meditation and contemplation should be seen and befriended as an inseparable couple.
When the stillness and vastness of meditation unite with the precise refinement and exacting direction of contemplation, we come to know the actual nature of our being and are intrinsically inspired to conduct our lives in the most loving, inclusive and harmonious manner.
Standing Waves
When a branch becomes lodged in the muck at the bottom of a steam, it can create an environment suitable for the occurrence of a standing wave.
This is an apt analogy for what we are, as beings, in this life that we share.
The wave is not a thing. It's not an action. It's not a process. And it's certainly not permanent. There's a confluence of things, actions and process', joined together for a small segment of time to manifest this wave's being.
It can't be contained or segregated. It's not stable, consistent or enduring. It just is, what it is, as it is, for the time that it is, because circumstances have transpired to make it so.
Some day the branch will rot, leaves will pile up, the current will push hard enough or some kid or critter will disturb the environment in such a way that it will cease to be.
We, too, are far more transient and fragile than we'd like to admit. Time will erode the environment, disbanding the confluence that perpetuates our being.
However, unlike the standing wave, we move. Therefore, we influence the environment of all the other waves around and down stream from us. It's not just that we have the capacity to do so. It happens whether or not we like it or pay attention to it. There are psychopaths among us, who would do others harm, just do do so. But for most, harm is caused or allowed due to a lack of awareness.
If we can embrace the fortuitous and precarious nature of our own existence, it will help to motivate us to pay closer attention to how our actions affect the world around us and inspire attitudes that will benefit each and every wave, now and far into the future.
We're all precious beings. Please, relish this existence and be a supporting player for all others trying to do the same.
May every being be healthy. May every being be free. May every being be wise. May every being know peace.
This is an apt analogy for what we are, as beings, in this life that we share.
The wave is not a thing. It's not an action. It's not a process. And it's certainly not permanent. There's a confluence of things, actions and process', joined together for a small segment of time to manifest this wave's being.
It can't be contained or segregated. It's not stable, consistent or enduring. It just is, what it is, as it is, for the time that it is, because circumstances have transpired to make it so.
Some day the branch will rot, leaves will pile up, the current will push hard enough or some kid or critter will disturb the environment in such a way that it will cease to be.
We, too, are far more transient and fragile than we'd like to admit. Time will erode the environment, disbanding the confluence that perpetuates our being.
However, unlike the standing wave, we move. Therefore, we influence the environment of all the other waves around and down stream from us. It's not just that we have the capacity to do so. It happens whether or not we like it or pay attention to it. There are psychopaths among us, who would do others harm, just do do so. But for most, harm is caused or allowed due to a lack of awareness.
If we can embrace the fortuitous and precarious nature of our own existence, it will help to motivate us to pay closer attention to how our actions affect the world around us and inspire attitudes that will benefit each and every wave, now and far into the future.
We're all precious beings. Please, relish this existence and be a supporting player for all others trying to do the same.
May every being be healthy. May every being be free. May every being be wise. May every being know peace.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The Truth in a Fly's Eyes
Everyone wants to believe that they're right, that what they see and how they see things are valid. And, for the most part, they are. What's difficult for the majority to digest, is that there are a great many valid, yet contradictory, truths.
As the fly buzzing at my window sees the world, there are always lots of pictures, all different. Some are slight variations and some encompass completely different pictures. But the fly knows that the most accurate understanding comes from accepting all the varying pictures as equally important and trustworthy.
Why is it so hard for our vastly superior minds to accept that other's contradictory view points can coexist with ours; and even enhance our over all understanding of the world? In a word: ego. There's a feeling of need to know that our certainty is justified and a fear of looking foolish by being proved wrong.
Ironically, in our efforts to create and protect a comfortable belief in the irrefutable truth of what we know, we prove ourselves to be delusional fools.
Personal truth is all that we can have, even when we embrace other's truths in creating our own. Ultimate truth is not a personal matter. It's beyond comprehension by our limited minds - even as a collective. We can move beyond the confines of our cognitive minds and the boundaries of framed time. But even the most enlightened individuals and the most potent spiritual experiences only glean a portion of the whole, in a fraction of its being.
Such experiences do give a broader understanding and the corresponding ability, perhaps even a responsibility, to help others to see more clearly and understand more fully. But they don't turn anyone into deities. Every truth and every perspective, no matter how small, is worth accepting and incorporating.
We, undoubtedly, have a much better grasp of the larger world than this wee fly does, but he still has valuable lessons to share with us, if only we're open to receive.
As the fly buzzing at my window sees the world, there are always lots of pictures, all different. Some are slight variations and some encompass completely different pictures. But the fly knows that the most accurate understanding comes from accepting all the varying pictures as equally important and trustworthy.
Why is it so hard for our vastly superior minds to accept that other's contradictory view points can coexist with ours; and even enhance our over all understanding of the world? In a word: ego. There's a feeling of need to know that our certainty is justified and a fear of looking foolish by being proved wrong.
Ironically, in our efforts to create and protect a comfortable belief in the irrefutable truth of what we know, we prove ourselves to be delusional fools.
Personal truth is all that we can have, even when we embrace other's truths in creating our own. Ultimate truth is not a personal matter. It's beyond comprehension by our limited minds - even as a collective. We can move beyond the confines of our cognitive minds and the boundaries of framed time. But even the most enlightened individuals and the most potent spiritual experiences only glean a portion of the whole, in a fraction of its being.
Such experiences do give a broader understanding and the corresponding ability, perhaps even a responsibility, to help others to see more clearly and understand more fully. But they don't turn anyone into deities. Every truth and every perspective, no matter how small, is worth accepting and incorporating.
We, undoubtedly, have a much better grasp of the larger world than this wee fly does, but he still has valuable lessons to share with us, if only we're open to receive.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Meditation - The Overlooked Gem of Yoga
While the strengthening, opening and detoxifying aspects of practicing yogasana (yoga postures) make us feel better, the most profound changes occur in our inner world. For most, focus is primarily on a combination of thinking, feeling and, for many, visualizing. The blend, being an individual formula. The dedicated attention to these functions of our minds creates an illusion that they comprise who or what we are. Once that illusion has solidified into belief, we're cut off from our true nature and many other functions naturally available to an open mind.
The benefits of learning to rest in a meditative mind set aren't apparent to those unfamiliar with it, but it makes for a far better functioning mind, even on cognitive levels. Intuition, creativity and insight are elevated. There is a quality of understanding or knowing that isn't available to a mind dependent on recorded memory. It's what makes leaps of scientific understanding, and innovative invention possible. It's not magical or mystical, it just doesn't compute to the limited, and limiting, fixed mind set.
We frequently cling very strongly to our beliefs, regardless of contradictory evidence. When these primary functions first fall silent, it can be quite frightening. It may feel as extreme as if death was tapping one on the shoulder. It's as if the concept of self has its own life and its own survival instincts. Fortunately, our bodies are an integral part of that self concept; and so, it feels perfectly safe to place attention in the body. For some, it takes considerable time and practice to develop the necessary sensitivity to, and caring for, the body, to become fully absorbed in it. For others it can come naturally and quickly. Either way, once attention is integrated into the body, it is automatically drawn out of the ordinary mind set. Over time, this changes from a quick flash, to a prolonged experience , to a normal state of being. The longer and more comfortable the excursions into the body are, the quieter the mind becomes, and the more natural it feels to be in that state.
Meditation is learning to access this perspective without the aid of asana. If someone slams your performance at work or cuts you off in rush hour traffic, you can't just pull over on the berm and start practicing your sun salutations to recompose yourself. We need to have easier access to our feeling of well-being. For the most part, people don't remain in the quietude 24/7, but bounce back and forth between thinking and being; ideally, developing a continuous and stable overview of the process.
Additionally, most will be able to find a deeper and more meaningful experience through seated meditation. The evolutionary process generally progresses from finding peace for a moment, as a benefit for the familiarly conceived self, to feeling like the quiet self that is repeatedly drawn back into the mental chaos, to a sense that both self and Self are only conceptual creations, within a greater field of awareness.
We practice to experience just being. Not being this or that. Not being a certain way. Just being. It's a state we all know, like powerful, but forgotten, memory. We were born a mere breath away from it; and most brush it, occasionally, when in a particular activity or situation. It's just that we've lost touch with it amid the cacophony that swirls and reverberates within our minds, since we've learned to process everything we experience through our cognitive minds. We can be aware of our cognition, but we can't be cognizant of pure awareness. The practice is simply finding comfort and stability in that unadorned presence.
As we reacquaint ourselves, ever more fully, with that natural state of being, we gain a perspective that's more attuned with everything that is - without self centered and judgmental interpretations. Simply put, we are superior, when we exceed our graspable selves; and, life is much more pleasing when viewed as being what it is, rather than, as what it is in relation to us.
The benefits of learning to rest in a meditative mind set aren't apparent to those unfamiliar with it, but it makes for a far better functioning mind, even on cognitive levels. Intuition, creativity and insight are elevated. There is a quality of understanding or knowing that isn't available to a mind dependent on recorded memory. It's what makes leaps of scientific understanding, and innovative invention possible. It's not magical or mystical, it just doesn't compute to the limited, and limiting, fixed mind set.
We frequently cling very strongly to our beliefs, regardless of contradictory evidence. When these primary functions first fall silent, it can be quite frightening. It may feel as extreme as if death was tapping one on the shoulder. It's as if the concept of self has its own life and its own survival instincts. Fortunately, our bodies are an integral part of that self concept; and so, it feels perfectly safe to place attention in the body. For some, it takes considerable time and practice to develop the necessary sensitivity to, and caring for, the body, to become fully absorbed in it. For others it can come naturally and quickly. Either way, once attention is integrated into the body, it is automatically drawn out of the ordinary mind set. Over time, this changes from a quick flash, to a prolonged experience , to a normal state of being. The longer and more comfortable the excursions into the body are, the quieter the mind becomes, and the more natural it feels to be in that state.
Meditation is learning to access this perspective without the aid of asana. If someone slams your performance at work or cuts you off in rush hour traffic, you can't just pull over on the berm and start practicing your sun salutations to recompose yourself. We need to have easier access to our feeling of well-being. For the most part, people don't remain in the quietude 24/7, but bounce back and forth between thinking and being; ideally, developing a continuous and stable overview of the process.
Additionally, most will be able to find a deeper and more meaningful experience through seated meditation. The evolutionary process generally progresses from finding peace for a moment, as a benefit for the familiarly conceived self, to feeling like the quiet self that is repeatedly drawn back into the mental chaos, to a sense that both self and Self are only conceptual creations, within a greater field of awareness.
We practice to experience just being. Not being this or that. Not being a certain way. Just being. It's a state we all know, like powerful, but forgotten, memory. We were born a mere breath away from it; and most brush it, occasionally, when in a particular activity or situation. It's just that we've lost touch with it amid the cacophony that swirls and reverberates within our minds, since we've learned to process everything we experience through our cognitive minds. We can be aware of our cognition, but we can't be cognizant of pure awareness. The practice is simply finding comfort and stability in that unadorned presence.
As we reacquaint ourselves, ever more fully, with that natural state of being, we gain a perspective that's more attuned with everything that is - without self centered and judgmental interpretations. Simply put, we are superior, when we exceed our graspable selves; and, life is much more pleasing when viewed as being what it is, rather than, as what it is in relation to us.
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