Here and Now

pandorasbox (59) · 7 years ago (edited)

"In this present state of awareness and with enough detachment to see that we are all part of some greater connected force or energy, whatever you want to call it, I feel that I've come to the conclusion that everything that has ever happened is in some way what I wanted even if it doesn't feel like it at the time. "

^^^^ This, very much
Similarly, I feel like I/we are faced with exactly those trials and pitfalls which are the most challenging to us and almost seem like they were orchestrated just because they are the perfect storm for our little selves. Worst fears and nightmares can come true, almost as if they were always meant to be.

Lately, I feel a lot more in sync with the universe. We used to fight, now we get along.

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clayboyn (70) · 7 years ago

lol, I know that feeling and I'm glad the universe is treating you well. :)

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pandorasbox (59) · 7 years ago

It's for the first time in a looooooong time... It's a mindfuck when things suddenly go right after you're using to things going all wrong!

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https://steemit.com/dsound/@rok-sivante/sylk-dreams

intuitivejakob (65) · 7 years ago

I had the most fun reading this to @rok-sivante's new song, Sylk...

It was on while read your post and it flowed so well. So, I nominate it as a soundtrack for this post!

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clayboyn (70) · 7 years ago

Works for me, I like to catch @rok-sivante's posts when I get a chance, I'm usually so focused on new and small accounts for curation I forget to check in on the big guys. He and doitvoluntarily are some of my favs.

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intuitivejakob (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

@clayboyn, you da man.

And I'm going to check out @doitvoluntarily, thanks for the lead.

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alchemage (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

I had to go through some serious shit that fundamentally broke down every concept of who I thought I was to simply make me who I am.

Mmmm, the good ole Calcination! Fire tears through a forest only for a new forest to be born of the ashes as a pheonix takes to the skies from its own smoldering embers.

Great post:)

clayboyn (70) · 7 years ago

:) Thanks and glad to hear from you buddy. Hope all is well!

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alchemage (66) · 7 years ago

Of course:)

Things are getting better. Been super busy but I'm trying to get back to communicating with the community again. Hope things have been well for you too:)

read3986 (53) · 7 years ago

That was pretty well written. Existence (in the moment) and purpose (of existence) are hard topics to talk about because they're paradoxical in the sense that there is a relative perspective and an absolute perspective to their validity. Very interesting stuff, thanks for sharing!

ronnie60 (34) · 7 years ago

I think you're right when writing "living in a world of illusions and expectations of the future and setting myself up for disappointment."

When I read your writings in general I recognize the search you're in as the same as mine. Yes, yours is different, but it resonates.

I think in our times mankind is on a search. The old systems no longer work and we're very much aware of it, being in denial at the same time.

We call ourselves 'awake'... But are we?

We seem to be stuck between the old and the new. We sense the new, but we're not sure what it is. We're not awake yet, we're waking up...

It's like waking up from a vivid dream, we got a vision, but we're not sure what it was, we're not sure how we got there, but we know it's true and new.

Now how do we go from here? Namaste!

clayboyn (70) · 7 years ago

Where do we go from here? I guess wherever we're meant to go. :) Thanks for checking it out.

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jakeybrown (57) · 7 years ago

Adyashanti says something along the lines of: Every moment of our lives is part of the spiritual path.

Somteimtes I think about things in my past that I might want to change, but nothing ever jumps out at me. Sure I've made mistakes and been embarassed, but They made me who I am now, they revealed things about myself that I was afraid to show, or uncomfortable with, and allowed me to overcome them.

And hitting on the part about past cultures using plant medicine tfor spiritual growth: that's exactly how I had my first taste of awakening. I was pretty apathetic in regards to life before that, but aftwerwards it spurred me to seek out and discover truth for myself. It showed me that we really don't have as much of a handle on how things are working and why.

We claim to know almost everything there is to know about things like nature, physics, the human body, etc, but all that is is knowledge, there is no intimate knowing like you can find when you open yourself up to the reality of the present moment. Everything else is just imaginings and dreamings in the mind, even memories.

Love the content, followed

clayboyn (70) · 7 years ago

Glad you enjoyed the post and I loved your input! Thanks for checking out the post and sharing.

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eternalflow (29) · 7 years ago

Very well put. I've never really looked at that scene in "The Matrix" from that perspective. I absolutely agree with everything you said. Eckhart Tolle says the evolution of consciousness is from a state of unconscious perfection to conscious perfection. Therefore, life is intrinsically perfect, the more present and aware we become the more we realize this perfection and align with it. Namaste.

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