People that I meet are tightening up, clutching, fearing… The News is Pied Pipering us down a dark, isolated road. We push and shove against foes we cannot really see. Can there be an alternative to this ‘life’? Can I relocate to a different mind set?
In reading Michael A. Singer’s book ‘The Untethered Soul’ I was presented a new perspective. The book has a decidedly ‘Spiritual’ not religious viewpoint, but it was hopeful and believeable. He states on page 149:
“One should view their spiritual work as learning to live life without stress, problems, fear, or melodrama. This path of using life to evolve spiritually is truly the highest path. There really is no reason for tension or problems. Stress only happens when you resist life’s events. If you’re neither pushing life away, nor pulling it toward you, then you are not creating any resistance. You are simply present. In this state, you are just witnessing and experiencing the events of life taking place. If you choose to live this way, you will see that life can be lived in a state of peace.’
This philosophy also echoed by Eckhart Tolle and many others, brings a sigh of relief. There are tools to use to change the hopelessness and frustration. As I become aware of myself both in and out of the present moment, there is a return of confidence and inner knowing. I can feel the difference. Witnessing myself in drama becomes different from loosing myself in it. I feel more clarity and peace. Yippeeeeeeeeeee.
