Where I want to Be is already where I AM…
Where do you seek to find clarity? Are you blinded by your emotions?
I discovered this to be part of my perfect imperfection. The quote below by Serj Tankian of @systemofadown solidified a humbling truth for me.
At first, I thought, “where do I seek clarity?” “Am I running away?” And from whom? One can not outrun 2 sources…
1. God
2. You
I saw it just as ‘anamaya’ or “surface” level at first. My mind floated around the question. I recognized,
‘I hadn’t been seeking clarity within myself.’
I was looking outside myself to find the peace and joy that only I can create. No one and nothing can do it for me. No course to teach me, no “5-step spiritual transformation…” just me, sitting with myself in the meditation, in a space of Being. Allowing myself to listen to the whispers within the stillness.
Maybe you have found that you have been blinded by the external, allowing that energy to fill you, overwhelm you, and cloud the clarity leading you towards pure consciousness or anandamaya. Maybe you have been overwhelmed by self-doubt or too much going on too quickly…
I am here to support you when you feel no one else will. Why? Because I GET you.
For me, I began with feeling overwhelmed by so many emotions surging through me as quickly as COVID shut the world down and as quickly as a vaccine Opens it back up.
I remember a surge of anxiety flowing through me and moments of paralysis as to how am I going to show up today? I would wonder, ‘how am I going to do all this and still manage to provide for basic needs in a time where it seems we are getting worse before we are getting better?’ Certainly a common “worry” amongst many.
Worry would turn to anxiety and it would impact me deeply. I needed a turning point that will foster all of the teachings of the Koshas. I began a ritualistic daily practice of TM (transcendental meditation) 2x a day, for 20mins. It took me from the wisdom layer of intuition and fourth state (Vijnanamaya) to a place where I was no longer the manifest body but just an entity unbothered by anything.
I realized that these deep meditations were creating a surplus of abundance that was emerging from within. I noticed myself steering away from dark colors, music, and anything that wasn’t progressive to my development and walk with God. Upon meditating with the practice of TM, I transcended to a space so peaceful, one couldn’t tell if I was breathing, sleeping, or having a “spiritual experience.”
By giving in to my emotional states, I was giving in to the surface behavior. I wasn’t seeing beyond the blinders with my inner wisdom, I was reverting to familiarity because,
I was afraid of change and losing control.
I had to remember where the source of my strength, gifts, and powers come from and that is from being one in Anandamaya Kosha. Pure Being consciousness, unchanging, One with all things.
I am where I want to be. I’ve been here all along.
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