THE BURDENS WE CHOOSE TO CARRY
The past is dead and gone, it is over, but still we choose to carry it in our mind. The future is not born yet but still we choose to create scary stores of the future in our minds. Being preoccupied with our scary mind stories, the present is lost to us, we miss the gifts the powerful present moment brings. The Present moment is a grand gift where we can renew and rejuvenate ourselves. The present moment is a grand opportunity, for it brings a clean slate where we can choose new thoughts and new ways of thinking. This is the abundant grace given for us to not be stuck but to move on to create grander visions and greater solutions for the situations at hand.
I am reminded of this beautiful zen story:
The Burden
Two monks were returning to the monastery in the evening. It had rained and there were puddles of water on the road sides. At one place a beautiful young woman was standing unable to walk across because of a puddle of water. The elder of the two monks went up to a her lifted her and left her on the other side of the road, and continued his way to the monastery.
In the evening the younger monk came to the elder monk and said, “Sir, as monks, we cannot touch a woman ?”
The elder monk answered “yes, brother”.
Then the younger monk asks again, “but then Sir, how is that you lifted that woman on the roadside ?”
The elder monk smiled at him and told him ” I left her on the other side of the road, but you are still carrying her.”
I have noticed that when we choose to drop the burdens of mind stories a grand space is created where we can bring in our visions and create solutions. We are the creators of heaven or hell in our life, creating heaven or hell depend on what thoughts we choose to encourage and feed our minds with.
We are grand beings with immense love and compassion in our hearts, let us choose to bring this love and compassion into our lives especially for ourselves by dropping our burdens and creating space for grander visions and greater solutions.
For what we choose for ourselves we choose for all humanity, for we are ONE Consciousness.
Let us choose to drop our burdens this moment and become the grand creators of heaven on earth, let us play this game of life with mindful awareness.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar
The past is dead and gone, it is over, but still we choose to carry it in our mind. The future is not born yet but still we choose to create scary stores of the future in our minds. Being preoccupied with our scary mind stories, the present is lost to us, we miss the gifts the powerful present moment brings. The Present moment is a grand gift where we can renew and rejuvenate ourselves. The present moment is a grand opportunity, for it brings a clean slate where we can choose new thoughts and new ways of thinking. This is the abundant grace given for us to not be stuck but to move on to create grander visions and greater solutions for the situations at hand.
I am reminded of this beautiful zen story:
The Burden
Two monks were returning to the monastery in the evening. It had rained and there were puddles of water on the road sides. At one place a beautiful young woman was standing unable to walk across because of a puddle of water. The elder of the two monks went up to a her lifted her and left her on the other side of the road, and continued his way to the monastery.
In the evening the younger monk came to the elder monk and said, “Sir, as monks, we cannot touch a woman ?”
The elder monk answered “yes, brother”.
Then the younger monk asks again, “but then Sir, how is that you lifted that woman on the roadside ?”
The elder monk smiled at him and told him ” I left her on the other side of the road, but you are still carrying her.”
I have noticed that when we choose to drop the burdens of mind stories a grand space is created where we can bring in our visions and create solutions. We are the creators of heaven or hell in our life, creating heaven or hell depend on what thoughts we choose to encourage and feed our minds with.
We are grand beings with immense love and compassion in our hearts, let us choose to bring this love and compassion into our lives especially for ourselves by dropping our burdens and creating space for grander visions and greater solutions.
For what we choose for ourselves we choose for all humanity, for we are ONE Consciousness.
Let us choose to drop our burdens this moment and become the grand creators of heaven on earth, let us play this game of life with mindful awareness.
Blessings!
Premlatha Rajkumar
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