November 06, 2024 – B

1) 1) You and your life are meditations awaiting realization.

We are only mindful awareness away from 
aligning ourselves with the Tao--
with the flow of life
moving through situations and circumstances
as a blessing and a grace
upon us and all those who come our way.

Which is all that Jesus ever did.
Which is exactly what Jesus always did.
"The father and I are one," he said,
meaning that he and his life were one,
which is precisely what is possible for each of us--
if we will but only cooperate
and place ourselves in sync with,
at one with, who we are and what we are about
in each situation as it arises
all our life long,
doing there what needs to be done there
with the gifts of our original nature,
our innate virtues
(What we do best and enjoy doing most)
and our intrinsic intuition,
which knows all we need to know
and waits for us to realize what she knows
and incorporate it into our life
for the good of each here, now forever.

We do that by realizing our life is a meditation
awaiting our attentiveness 
and our participation.

Here is how we do that:

Draw an imaginary square, or a rectangle, or a circle
around anything--
an object,
an experience,
yourself,
someone else,
an animal, place or thing,
and let that become for you as a mirror,
or a mandala,
reflecting you to you.

As you look at what is within the frame you created,
you will be seeing your projection of what is there.
It is the thing as you perceive it,
as you take it to be.
And you will now explore it--
explore your experience of it--
in depth,
becoming consciously, mindfully, aware of what you see
when you look at whatever it is.

As you do this, it is your place
to ask all of the questions that beg to be asked
and to say all of the things that occur to you 
to be said
in considering/seeing/experiencing/comprehending/
understanding/exploring/realizing
what is within the frame
in coming to know what is there
and how you are to relate to it,
live with it over time.

This is your meditation for life,
though what is framed may be different,
depending on your situation/circumstances
which will require your attention to your attention
over time,
so that you becoming increasingly aware of yourself
and your responses to your environment
and what that says about you and to you
as it calls you to see/do/be what is called for here,now
in each situation as it arises forever--
which is all Jesus ever did,
and is all that is necessary/needed
in every moment forever.

You will be seeing your seeing
and realizing what that means for you
and the way you live your life
throughout the time left for living.

May it be well with you all the way along The Way!