Lulled Into Unconsciousness

Last week I had a daily assignment: I explored my experience.

When my hourly alarm went off, I took a moment to experience. 

I looked at what I was looking at. 

I felt what I was feeling.

I experienced what I was noticing, either outside or inside myself.

I described the experience to myself, then I took a moment to simply experience it.

Tasting food. 

Seeing color.

Feeling an emotion.

So much detail. 

In fact, there’s infinite detail in all directions.

But do I notice it? Do you? 

If I’m not generally present to my actual experience, then what am I mostly present to?

Concepts.

Mostly, you and I aren’t present to our experience, we’re present to the concepts of our experience.

The stories. The judgments. The meaning. The significance. 

Here’s something the lasting spiritual practices of the world have in common: wake up, heaven is among us.

We spend our time griping, and we miss the beauty. 

We spend our time stressing, and we miss the grace.

We spend our time longing for what’s to come, and we miss the gift of Now.

We spend our time defending, gossiping, or plotting, and we miss the sacredness of human being.

Conceptualizing our lives is how we're lulled into unconsciousness.

Conceptualizing is a powerful capability of the human mind, but it's not the only tool available to us. Experiencing is another.

What are you experiencing, right now?

Getting present to what’s so is always a critical and valuable access to living into what’s possible.

Much Love. ❤️