After the Deluge, Kailua, HI, March 2021, iPhone 11 Pro © Steven Crisp
Last night and into this morning we had torrential rains fall. Indeed, I was awakened by the noise at 1:30 AM, and could not get back to sleep. So I got up and did some reading on the sofa, hoping to fall asleep (no luck).
The rains continued into the morning, and first-world-problem-I-know, we had our Yoga class cancelled 🤣. And still the rains came. Finally, the intensity diminished, and I put on a raincoat and went out for a walk. And lookee what I found at our normally completely dry "grotto" near where we live. So the rains were not all bad, eh?
Anyways, after this experience, and related to some non-dual spiritual reading I was doing, I wrote whatever this is ... enjoy (or not ;-)
Unconditional, that is, without condition
No legalese to sign
No ifs, ands, or buts
Whatever is … is … just as it is
And so can be your acceptance of it
Unless of course you have preferences (and who doesn’t)
Now you are comparing “what is” to what you desire
And my guess is most of us would choose our desires over what is right here, right now
But here’s the revelation, and a radical proposition
There is another way
We can instead “desire” what is happening in the present moment
After all, that’s really just “desiring” Life as it is unfolding
And what would that be like to desire Life exactly as it is?
Without condition?
Well, it would be a complete “allowing” and “acceptance” and yes,
even profound “gratitude” for just what is, right now, in this moment
And the next moment … and the next
Then you are desiring Life exactly as it unfolds
Without trying to make it different
Without trying to change anything
Ahhhhhh, such a sigh of relief
All that is needed is your awareness
And acceptance of this mystery while
Being awed by the resplendency of Life
And then what becomes apparent
Is that this is, in fact, Unconditional Love
For the present moment
For circumstances and people (and even yourself) just as they are
No need for anyone to change
For anything to change
Make no doubt about it, though, things are going to change
In every moment — that is the Reality and Truth that is Life
And now Life will be directly influenced
by your Open Awareness,
by your Gratitude and Acceptance
... Without Condition
Imagine how you would respond to someone who met you
with that much openness to this Mystery of Life
with Simple … Unconditional … Joy
What have you got to lose? Only your suffering.
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