Observing the feeling of Deserving

Devachan 2011: Communal Dinners & Lounging Area

It feels good to see hard work pay off, or to hear praise from those around, or to feel like you kicked butt on a project, or to get an extra big thanks from a grateful customer/client. I am grateful that I get to swim and surf in the ocean and feel the cold water revitalizing and awakening me, to share the tastes of home cooked pot luck meals around a dinner table with friends, to surrender to your feet, hands, back & neck get massaged after a long day, to be able to trade massages, yoga lessons, and energy healing, to work where I work, and the yoga training. What makes me happiest is being able to escape into the unknown, the wilderness, & the feeling like 'I deserve this happiness all the time.'

The universe has manifested life here on earth. So on earth we are able find everything we need to be alive and happy. However, one of the many challenges in life is finding what it means to you to be happy all the time. For most it is a struggle to stay present to the moment, for others to understand what that even means, and others whom it means something completely different. Happy or sad, it is all happening the way it was meant to. For a reason.

Being present is about being conscious to the reasons behind everything. It's about being courageous enough to bring a fresh new perspective to meet your life head on instead of buckling under the weight of the challenges. For many people its easy to get in the habit of resisting challenges as they come down the pipeline. Resistance reinforces a false sense of knowing what to do, to get back to being comfortable, even when your actions, or rather reactions, end up giving you heartaches and disease in the body. Trust me, don't try to hold yourself together with duct tape & dental floss. Every time I  try to do things this way, I am prone to becoming momentarily unpredictable, irrational, grumpy, and irresponsible when confronted with something that takes me out of my comfort zone. Even though it is not my true nature. 

 bad pipe

To stay open and positive to life, try surrendering to the current sometime. Swim with your challenges instead of fighting your way against the natural flow or direction they wants to take you. Eventually you will notice that all the good things that you truly desire have been there all along. Looking back you might see things as if the things you needed in a pipeline that had sprung a few leaks causing the flow of what was inside to reduce to a trickle. Because you were busy still trying to get this or get that and never truly satisfied for long even if we get exactly what we ask for, the pipe never got fixed, until one day you realized continuing in this fashion wasn't working in your favor anymore. Now that you maybe seeing the picture, you realize what you have to do. Maybe it means doing some inner work to make sure your chakras are all balanced and spinning. Maybe it means you have to let go of your urge to control what challenges you face in life. Maybe it means owning your challenges. Maybe it means finally asking for help. Or maybe you and some friends will figure your own way to tune into that deep appreciation, compassion & love for all things. 

You are shaped by what you think. What you think, you then become. Much love to you all. I would love your feedback. Please feel free to leave any comments, and we can open up my blogs into a welcome space to discuss our own opinions and learn from each other. Namaste