"To lead, one must follow."
Lao Tzu, 604-531 B. C., Founder of Taoism, Tao Te Ching
To be fully human is challenging. A challenge that today, I welcome with open arms. Life is full of choices today. Each choice filled with combinations of consequences and rewards, causes and effect. Making good choices today is easier than yesterday. This meditative journey is turning in to much more of an adventure than I could have ever hoped for.
Originally I began this particular blog because I had been struggling and found a way around that...I was delighted to find a spirit guide, ecstatic about my path, exploring my subconscious mind, exploring the realm within me, but I have found gems that I didn't intend to find. The first of them being the baskets of virtues. I mean I wasn't looking for virtues...although several times, I must admit, I meditated because I wanted a basket of them. Such is my nature, to be silly and think I could just walk along this path of life and pick up a basket of virtues like one picks up apples from the market. The skills I am acquiring during this character development phase of my journey is phenomenal.
As I meditated this morning, my mind began to wander. As I walked down the path with Lagan, hoping to get a present (you know a basket of virtues), I realized that there were others before us on the path and others behind us. I said, "Lagan, why are there people on my path?" First of all I was reminded that I did not live a solitary life and needed others on my path! Ooops sorry I was being selfish...! Then he said, "in order to lead, you must first follow." And I realized that I wasn't in the front, nor was I in the back of the line. I was somewhere in the middle. The Middle Way - a Buddhist symbol...ahh,the path of moderation away from the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification and toward the practice of wisdom, morality and mental cultivation. I like this. I have spent many years of my life angry because I could not lead! The Universe has a way of maintaining balance...what I understand today is as I rid myself of anger, I see that I have learned to follow. I follow those that I respect and admire. I follow those who have virtues that I deem wholesome. I follow, therefore I have been given an opportunity in my life to lead. And for that I am truly grateful.
I'm not sure how I got off the path this morning...but I found myself in a similar state as yesterday. Blissful. A state of lightness. A place of pure air. Ethereal. Surreal. Sublime. Like Wow....!!! Those words if each one savoured on your tongue and in your minds eye...may perhaps give you an indication of the plane I found myself on today. Unaware of human suffering...free from my physical nature...if only for a moment.
There is another gem I would like to mention here. I like myself today! "Snoopy Dance".... I think I have found my voice. My heart and my head are in synch. I am progressing, I fall short - I make amends, and I keep moving forward. What a gift!
Free gifts...get yours now...change your life by simply being still!!!
Metta!
