We Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way

We Wouldn’t Have it Any Other Way

As we go through life hearkening back to days gone by and stressing over what is yet to come, we lose energy and our spirit is not in the body. We are actually astrally projecting ourselves with our attention. Longing for what isn’t, we miss the gift of what is. Chaos, confusion, and eventually exhaustion are the result. Enacting causes based on false assumptions, we are surprised when we reap the effects we ourselves set forth into motion.

So often we wish things were different because we want the world to bend to our own Will. Imagine if it did! Consider what a mess we’d be in if Existence tried to follow each individual’s desires simultaneously. Our whole reality would implode almost instantly. It is good that we have to plant seeds and nourish them over time. Then when our work bears fruit, we will have something of real value.

To create, we need to be persistently in the present in order to tap into the infinite reservoir of inspiration that comes from inside. Chasing our tales in the outside world with no clear vision, we dig a deeper and deeper hole. Withdrawing to the sacred place that is ours and ours alone, the million voices of advice gradually quiet and the silence gives birth to a new beginning…a rebirth that is truly our own.

Many times in Zen it is said that when the student is ready, the master will come. It doesn’t always come in the form of some wise guy with a beard (although sometimes it does). Often it is the circumstance itself that we find ourselves in that is meant to elicit the response that brings us face to face with our next major challenge on the spiritual path. Wishing things were otherwise only delays our progress.

All is indeed as it should be. While we wait for aliens to save us, Armageddon to tear down the walls of oppression, or Jesus to ride in on a magic carpet, we might benefit from taking a deep breath and understanding that really there is no need. We have absolutely everything available to us here and now. In our moments of greatest enlightenment, we wouldn’t have it any other way.

~Christopher Moors

3/27/2008