We are all spiritual Beings. We cannot not be. Being spiritual is our natural state of being. Yet, so much emphasis is placed on becoming spiritual or finding spirituality that we assume our spirituality is something we attain or acquire or come into. We tend to think that there are times when we're being spiritual - when everything in life seems to "click" or when we're feeling extraordinarily good about ourselves or our world, and other times, because we don't have this feeling, that we're not being spiritual. So, this further validates our belief that our spirituality is something we must find and hold on to. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Spirituality is not temporary or capricious or selective of who is more deserving. We are all spiritual Beings all the time. The sense of impermanence comes from our lack of attention to it.
This lack of attention is often termed "sleepwalking." Someone came up with the term "sleepwalking" and it seemed to stick because it seemed to be the best description of how we move through life without conscious awareness. But, because we now focus on the word "sleepwalking," we've attached all kinds of labels to lack of attention - dreaming, false reality, awakening, etc. Now, we're so focused on "waking up" that we're still not paying attention to what is already alive and awake within us.
All we need to do is pay attention to what we pay attention to. But how can we pay attention to something if we're already paying attention to it?
I'll put it this way...Let's say you're at work and are involved in a project. Your project has caught your entire attention, you're completely focused on it, you're making progress in it and are enthused about it. Time passes. All of a sudden, you "pull out" of your project, look at the clock and exclaim to yourself, "Wow! Look at the time! It's almost time to go home! Where did the time go? I'd better finish up so I can clock out."
What caused you to look up at the clock? Some may say it was blind chance or pure luck. Others might call it fate or synchronicity. I call it awareness. You were aware of the passage of time without having paid any attention to it.
Perhaps you're walking down the street and you're in a deep conversation with a friend or you're reading a letter or document. You don't notice your surroundings, but at some point, you slow down or alter your course slightly and continue walking and reading/talking. Let's say someone else who had been watching you stops you and says, "That was amazing! I was certain you'd run into that lamp post." You stop, break your concentration from whatever you were concentrating on and say, "What lamp post?" You look behind you. "Oh, yeah, that one," you say.
What caused you to avoid the lamp post? Awareness. Whether or not you notice something, you're aware of it. It's just a matter of paying attention to what you pay attention to. So, when you listen to that voice of spirit inside you, pay attention to the fact that you're listening to it. When you do, you'll notice it. When you consciously notice those things that you're already aware of, you feel in alignment with the All That Is, and this is what gives you the feeling that you "click" or that you're waking up. We are all spiritual Beings. All the time.
(c) 3/18/2009
This lack of attention is often termed "sleepwalking." Someone came up with the term "sleepwalking" and it seemed to stick because it seemed to be the best description of how we move through life without conscious awareness. But, because we now focus on the word "sleepwalking," we've attached all kinds of labels to lack of attention - dreaming, false reality, awakening, etc. Now, we're so focused on "waking up" that we're still not paying attention to what is already alive and awake within us.
All we need to do is pay attention to what we pay attention to. But how can we pay attention to something if we're already paying attention to it?
I'll put it this way...Let's say you're at work and are involved in a project. Your project has caught your entire attention, you're completely focused on it, you're making progress in it and are enthused about it. Time passes. All of a sudden, you "pull out" of your project, look at the clock and exclaim to yourself, "Wow! Look at the time! It's almost time to go home! Where did the time go? I'd better finish up so I can clock out."
What caused you to look up at the clock? Some may say it was blind chance or pure luck. Others might call it fate or synchronicity. I call it awareness. You were aware of the passage of time without having paid any attention to it.
Perhaps you're walking down the street and you're in a deep conversation with a friend or you're reading a letter or document. You don't notice your surroundings, but at some point, you slow down or alter your course slightly and continue walking and reading/talking. Let's say someone else who had been watching you stops you and says, "That was amazing! I was certain you'd run into that lamp post." You stop, break your concentration from whatever you were concentrating on and say, "What lamp post?" You look behind you. "Oh, yeah, that one," you say.
What caused you to avoid the lamp post? Awareness. Whether or not you notice something, you're aware of it. It's just a matter of paying attention to what you pay attention to. So, when you listen to that voice of spirit inside you, pay attention to the fact that you're listening to it. When you do, you'll notice it. When you consciously notice those things that you're already aware of, you feel in alignment with the All That Is, and this is what gives you the feeling that you "click" or that you're waking up. We are all spiritual Beings. All the time.
(c) 3/18/2009
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