June 22

HUMILITY MONTH: DAY 22: “In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.” ― Dag Hammarskjöld

There are tremendous resources in the Universe, most of which we are completely clueless. When I am in awe of something as vast as the ocean, I am completely overwhelmed by how much I do not know, cannot know, and never will know. While I can say that I know a lot of “stuff”, most of it is useless in the face of the immensity of all that is. This is SUCH a humbling experience. I have sat down with a tiny, tiny problem weighting me down so terribly and gotten up from my seat with awe and wonder…problem forgotten as I shift my awareness to the incredible beauty, freedom, and power of the Universe around me. Every once in a while I am present to an event that is so completely unexpected and miraculous that I catch my breath and become more closely aware of the perfection with which it all unfolds. I wish I could more perfectly assist others to view these things, but there is a strong and powerful resistance to the work that opens our hearts and eyes to this phenomenon. We have to strive to keep our hearts open and to continue to work toward right seeing. My personal journey here has taken so long and required so much work in meditation and working with emptying of self into the sea of used up and old ideas and beliefs. And I have some great teachers who show me how this works and how to navigate more mindfully those things that hold me back. I struggle with my earthly and human frailties. But I am blessed to have been given the insight into which this quote peers so beautifully. Once we have been given the miraculous, it is quite difficult to settle for the mundane, even though it is the fabric of what we know as a lifetime. It is to seek the miraculous continuously and recognize it in the mundane that is the road I wish to walk. I see the miraculous in so many things that are missed completely in the hustle and bustle of this material world and the pursuit of those things of the world. When I step outside the material, I can easily find the miraculous. But I must frequently know the center of my being, the world that does not exist between my ears. I must spend more and more of my life in the miraculous. As the saying goes, “what we focus on grows.” So I want to stay in view of those things that I cannot create, that are gifts of a benevolent and generous Power who has my struggles and torment in mind when it comes to finding what my true path is today. I am given peace more often than not, because that is the Nature of all that is. And miracles follow…all the time…all I want to do is be mindful and present to them!