Opening Beyond the Play of Patterns

"We are never at any moment in the dilemma we fear ourselves to be.
Your suffering is always a present activity." ~ Adi Da.

You came into this world vulnerable, completely helpless in fact.

The conditions you were born into, the experiences you were a part of, and your own potentials have determined how you now see your life. Your views, personality and ways of relating are products of uncountable factors.

In fact, too many to even bother trying to explore your past in an effort to understand 'why' you are like you are.

Much better to begin in the now. Much better to look right here, in this life experience.

Much better to see that your past is alive now, in the patterns that drive you, the impulses that move you, and the habits that compel you.

Your present life experience and how you are interpreting it right now, is a product of your past. No need to look in the past for the 'why', because the past is being lived out again and again in you now, in the 'how'.

 

• How do you see things in your life and the world, and how do you feel about what you see?
  
  
• How do you determine what is worthy of your attention, and are you aware of where your attention is spent?
  
• How do you function, act and relate in difficult experiences, and how does that play out in your life?
  
• How do you live in your day to day challenges as you live out the details of your life?

The patterns you unwittingly created in the past are alive here and now.

Those patterns can make it difficult for you to stay in touch with your kind heart, your open mind and your deep wisdom. So understanding what those patterns look like and how they operate is FAR more important than why they are there or what caused them.

Why are they there??? => Because they are.
What caused them??? => Everything.

Lets move on.

When you are able to recognize your patterned nature, it is because you are ALREADY standing with one foot in your unpatterned nature. This means that when you are awake enough to SEE the patterns arising it is because you have ALREADY contacted your larger nature.

The patterns are moving, and you have rightfully accepted your birthright as the open spaciousness within which the patterns are moving.

You understand deeply that you are NOT the patterns, and as long as you are awake, you can simply watch the pattern as a play of impulses, thoughts, and sensations.

No big deal. Unpleasant maybe, like constipation, hunger or a headache, these are simply experiences created by the interplay of various bodily functions, sensation and the meaning you give them.

But what happens when you just allow the play of your patterns to do what they will, while you just sit and watch? What happens when you consent to opening beyond the play of patterns, where all impulses are simply seen as ornaments arising within the spaciousness that you ARE?

What happens?

Come closely and let me whisper in your ear: Dear one, you will simply relax into your unbound largeness, your heart will open to the world, and you will touch and bless all who you encounter, by doing nothing at all.

 

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Aaron McNaught, aka "The Wake Up Guy", is the author of five books, a Life Coach and Transformational Speaker who practically owns the term. (Google "Transformational Speaker" in quotes and see for yourself). Aaron is known for his demonstration of awakeness and has committed his life to bringing light into the world.

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