I have been
puzzling about what people mean when they talk about energy. Not the physical
body stuff – that understandable to me. But the unseen type. People talk about the energy in a room, or
the energy in a location.
Then this
morning it came to me – there is some sort of concept about energy. Some sort
of intellectual definition. Some sort of mind idea of energy. People feel
something and this is the label. So what if, when someone says that sort of
comment to me, I were to ask them some questions. Like – how do you feel that
inside you? Or - Is there a body sensation that goes with that for you? Or –
What are the thoughts in your mind that tell you about it? Then, there could be
a conversation about it that could be enlightening for me.
The place
where I’m at with spirituality has nothing (in my mind) to do with
spiritualism. And maybe nothing to do with energy. It feels much more in line
with life, for me to look inwards. My mind is so capable of thinking all sorts
of doubts and questions about daily life, and also very capable of all sorts of
thoughts and questions about all the activity that seems to be going on (on
facebook at least!) regarding the meaning of life, the questions one might have
and how to get there! Wherever there is!! Isn’t it simpler to stay right here
in this moment? Isn’t it simpler to just be here? And your mind might question
whether anything that is simple can be right. What would it give you to stay
present in the moment??? It gives me plenty – relaxation, trust, focus,
stillness, beingness, wholeness, belonging, nothingness and the essence of me.
There are
layers to being present in the moment:
There is the
mind focus on the task at hand
It could be feeling
whatever emotion arises
It could be
allowing the mind to be quiet, and not visiting thoughts of past and future.
Maybe dropping
deeper into something that is under the thoughts and emotions.
Or feeling
an inner stillness while concurrently welcoming any thoughts and emotions
lightly.
Thoughts can
take us on a journey in many different directions and can easily get into a
tangle. What if we allowed ourselves the wisdom of knowing that thoughts come
and go. They are not permanent. We can play with them. We can introduce a
different thought and see how it affects the other thought. We have control
over whether we follow that thought or not. And it’s only another thought that
tells us that that is difficult to do!!!!
Have fun
with thoughts.
