What would
happen if you stopped trying to be something other than what you are right
now? What if you stopped trying to
be thinner; happier; more enlightened; richer; more successful; relaxed; a better
parent, friend, lover, spouse, employee, boss, entrepreneur, student, yogi; an
expert?
What if you
simply let go of the need to be more or less of anything at all? What do you feel when you think of letting go
of trying?
Gasp!
When you are
trying to be anything at all, you are aligning with your mind or ego. Your ego is an aspect of you that is
impermanent and identifies with the linear, provable world. The ego perceives everything through a lens
of scarcity. It experiences you as a
limited identity that requires physical solutions to become more than you are
right now.
But here’s
the hitch. You are not your ego. You
are a soul. As a soul, you existed
before your body and ego mind came to be.
So what the
heck does that mean and how does it relate to trying?
The problem
is one of identification or alignment.
Knowing that you are a soul and not a body changes everything.
So take a
moment to be here and now as you contemplate this possibility. Relax your arms and let them fall into your
lap. Drop your shoulders, uncross your
legs. Straighten your back but don’t
make it rigid. Loosen your jaw and relax
your facial muscles. Relax the muscles around your eyes. Now,
breathe deeply into your body filling your lungs from the bottom up. Elongate your exhale. Do this several times, breathing in deeply
and elongating your exhale. As you do
this exercise, notice how this type of breathing feels. Bring your attention to your breath as it
moves into your body and slowly flows outward.
Notice your abdomen rising and falling.
Notice what happens internally.
How do you feel?
Continue to
breathe deeply as you focus on your breath.
Breathing in, breathing out. Now
notice your thoughts as you focus on your breath. Witness you, without analyzing. Don’t judge; just witness. As you notice your breath and the thoughts
you have while doing this exercise; observe your ability to notice. Witness yourself witnessing.
Take a deep
cleansing breath and return to this page.
When you are
noticing your breath and thoughts, who witnessed your breath? Who witnessed your thoughts? Who is the witness of your witness?
Don’t try to
answer. Simply notice what arises into
your consciousness when you ask.
Are you the
breath or the thoughts? Are you the witness? You exist beyond thought, the breath and the
witness. You exist beyond the identity
through which you have come to know as you.
The you that
lives beyond the limits of your persona abides beyond the confines of time and
space. You, as a soul, are not bound to
linear experiences, mind realities and dimensions only perceived through the
accepted senses.
The soul
exists and communicates at a much higher frequency than physical reality,
within multiple dimensions simultaneously and has access to all resources
needed to thrive in every facet of life.
But when you identify yourself as the person who exists in the confines
of a physical world, you will experience the world as limited; intensely
demanding, at times lonely and a place where trying to be something more is
essential for survival. In that
experience, you are essentially cut off from your true nature and power existing
in a perpetual state of striving and not thriving.
But you have
the power to change this way of being.
You are designed to live as a soul in a physical world; not as a
physical being trying to discover your spiritual side. You don’t have a soul; your soul has a body
and mind through which it can navigate physical reality. This seemingly abstract notion challenges the
ego which will give great evidence to contradict such an assertion. But science cannot disprove the existence of
a soul any more than it can prove it. The soul exists beyond the limits of
provable realities. To awaken is to live in full consciousness of that truth.
You are a
soul. You have a body equipped with a
mind and emotions. To be a soul in a
body is a great privilege. To master
this experience requires willingness to appreciate this truth and stretch into
its meaning. You do not have to “try” to
be anything when you remember that you are a soul. There
is nothing to become. No success for
which you must strive. You remember you
are all that is, moving through a container called a human mind and body. Your job here is to remember and allow the true soul YOU to be expressed without resistance.
That’s easy
for a soul to do and hard for an ego identified being.
Your ego
lives attached to this physical world and duality. It experiences the physical world as
All-that-is and requires hard work from you; striving to feel good enough and
more acquisitions to feel prosperous.
Because it lives in separation from Source and therefore Soul, it does not know the truth of who you are.
But there is
good news: The soul never lives in this state.
You as a soul, exist in timeless
connection to All-That-Is. The soul has resources for whatever it seeks
to express. Its language is intuition….that
sensory processing that defies logic! For intuition to be accessed, it requires
a choice.
Yes, you get
to decide. You can exist on earth, searching for meaning
and purpose, striving to connect with your soul. Or you can remember that you are a soul and
that there is no place or thing to seek.
You choose to attune and align your attention to that which is the
immutable you and allow that exquisiteness into this physical world. You appreciate your true essence; express it
reverently and enjoy the experience of moving infinite energy through the
container of your mind, body and emotions.
As a soul,
you have gifts to bear. Be sure of this: our world is enhanced when you express
your true essence in everyday life.
So here is
an invitation for today; stop trying and start being. In this moment, let go of the idea that you
are this mind and body through which you have come to know yourself. Breathe into your divine essence here and
now. Feel into the grace existing beyond emotion, thought and body. Listen deeply with your heart and know that you
are timeless bliss; love; peace, truth, and joy.
You have a
choice. To strive to be more – or to let
go and remember that you are enough, you are exquisite, you have a purpose and
that you are divine beauty right here and now.
What will
you choose?
