Feeling Our Way Through Life.

“Things happen for a reason.” That is what they say… And I believe it. But the question is “For what reason?” Could it have something to do with a divine plan?
Well isn’t this Self that many of us are looking for, the divine itSelf? So if we find the Self, we have found the divine, right? And if we are the divine at this highest level of being which is the Self, then it follows that we are the makers of the plan. Ah! so now the question arises as “how do we become this highest level of being, called the Self?” Did you ask yourself that question too? Way to be one step ahead of me ;) Well, the way is in the moment, my friend. In every moment of our life we actually make choices that shape our lives. Everybody knows that.... But what most don’t know is that these choices can happen at ever deeper levels, from choices of what action to take, what belief to act from, what thought to entertain, to what feeling or emotion to flow with. There is, so to say, a guidance system, which functions as simply as following the most empowering, loving and reverent feeling that is available in the moment. That feeling could be anger, hope, romantic, curious.. whatever is the best amongst the choices available, fear and despair being the lowest. By following one’s feelings in such a way, we find ourselves in what I like to simply call “a flow”. We thus experience more and more of the living force which the Chinese like to call Qi or Chi, and the Indians like to call Prana, or the Force as they like to call it in a galaxy far far away… The hard part is being aware of every moment, just as it is occurring. Even when we are in the midst of some experience that usually carries us away into our habitual conditioned responses, it helps to be still within, so as to become aware of one’s own choices in the given situation. This is what makes meditation such a great daily practice for anyone. After a while one develops an affinity to higher and higher states of feeling, thus higher states of being, which are identified by the level of inner peace and sense of authenticity they provide. One could say it is what grace feels like. Thus what is happening on the outside is not as important as what is happening within you. Because in the end, even if things make sense, and look good on the outside but do not resonate well on the inside, we feel like something is not quite right. Many of us have gotten used to feeling like something is not quite right, to various degrees. When we feel that all is right, we have attained that level we could call Grace. And Halleluyah! Right? But until we have developed the affinity to flowing, to feeling our way through things, we will be brought down by the programming of our past conditioning to a state lesser that where we could be and need to be. And the programming is really good! It is so good that sometimes we may feel that grace within, be in that place of peace and love, and yet move out of it because our external world does not validate it, because maybe we think it would make us “crazy”. But if you think about it, what is insane is to compromise authentic inner peace and well-being to conform to some outer structure, social or otherwise. Instead why not just remain in this higher state of being and watch the external world eventually conform and align with this inner state made of a higher, and more beautiful Truth.