Meditation
If you struggle to fill something as big as life, it will swallow you. We feel we need to prove ourselves, our worth and purpose. The infinite already knows your purpose and is the author of your purpose. Your perfect unfolding is the same as every other living and non-living thing which exists — it is your unstoppable nature.
At one time or another, we all try to please everyone, be smart or pretty, keep it all together and do everything perfectly. We see life as having expectations that we must hurl ourselves at and we believe that we must not fail. Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth. Desperately expanding outward to fill the world is like an explosion where we disperse and lose ourselves. When we are quiet and still we contract and settle. Relax. You do not need to prove yourself.
"Spirituality is a journey inward that connects the Self to yourself. When you know who you are from the inside out, when you do what you sense is right for you, when your thoughts lead you to actions that serve others as well as make you feel good, then you have encountered spirituality."
— Iyanla Vanzant
If you struggle to fill something as big as life, it will swallow you. We feel we need to prove ourselves, our worth and purpose. The infinite already knows your purpose and is the author of your purpose. Your perfect unfolding is the same as every other living and non-living thing which exists — it is your unstoppable nature.
At one time or another, we all try to please everyone, be smart or pretty, keep it all together and do everything perfectly. We see life as having expectations that we must hurl ourselves at and we believe that we must not fail. Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth. Desperately expanding outward to fill the world is like an explosion where we disperse and lose ourselves. When we are quiet and still we contract and settle. Relax. You do not need to prove yourself.
"Spirituality is a journey inward that connects the Self to yourself. When you know who you are from the inside out, when you do what you sense is right for you, when your thoughts lead you to actions that serve others as well as make you feel good, then you have encountered spirituality."
— Iyanla Vanzant
There is really no such thing as developing yourself. You are already perfect. Who were you before the world told you what you were not? The tadpole and the caterpillar are never looked at as inadequate. There are natural phases to all life and wherever you are in life, you are perfectly becoming. Your pain and struggles only serve to remind you that you are alive. Accepting our pain is a way to say we treasure the sacred gift of life — run to your pain. Pain does not define us, neither does joy; our deepest definition is independent of our experiences. You are the observer who watches your emotions as they push, pull and stretch you. The beauty inside of you is unmovable. Your deepest and most truthful self does not care about trends, times, struggles, losses or worries. Your deepest self is free from the world's petty, made-up demands, judgments and expectations. You love yourself and you are happy, and what you perceive as self-loathing and misery are really outside of you. Quit trying so hard. Sit quietly with yourself and you will see that there are no demands within you. Only your surface is disturbed; in your deepness there is stillness and total tranquility. Only your surface feels empty and longing; in your depths there is a firm weight of fullness.
"Nothing has to happen immediately, this minute, or right now. It's okay to pause for just a moment. Just take a breath. Then go quietly inside. Ask life itself to lead you to your best outcome. There's nothing you have to do, really, except get out of your own way."
— Neale Donald Walsch
The world's only lessons are tension and fear — relax into yourself. Take your lessons from nature. Let quietness instruct you. If you pay attention and listen to quietness, you will notice a nearly imperceptible thread of consciousness, like a quiet hum or perception of time. We have all noticed this feeling when we have been alone in nature, with only the wind in our ears. This thread of awareness exists in another time-pace and smoothly, effortlessly and peacefully advances — unaware of the surface tensions in your responsive mind. This calm thread of awareness is witnessing the gentle unfolding of your perfect self. When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil. Your unstoppable nature is becoming and blooming — you simply, are. Go easy. Don't search for your purpose. You are not defining your purpose — your purpose is defining you. You are unfolding with profound purpose; your purpose is revealing you, to yourself.
Run to yourself. Life is so big. Do not try to fill it. Instead, expand within. You are enough for you.
Bryant McGill
www.BryantMcGill.net
"Nothing has to happen immediately, this minute, or right now. It's okay to pause for just a moment. Just take a breath. Then go quietly inside. Ask life itself to lead you to your best outcome. There's nothing you have to do, really, except get out of your own way."
— Neale Donald Walsch
The world's only lessons are tension and fear — relax into yourself. Take your lessons from nature. Let quietness instruct you. If you pay attention and listen to quietness, you will notice a nearly imperceptible thread of consciousness, like a quiet hum or perception of time. We have all noticed this feeling when we have been alone in nature, with only the wind in our ears. This thread of awareness exists in another time-pace and smoothly, effortlessly and peacefully advances — unaware of the surface tensions in your responsive mind. This calm thread of awareness is witnessing the gentle unfolding of your perfect self. When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil. Your unstoppable nature is becoming and blooming — you simply, are. Go easy. Don't search for your purpose. You are not defining your purpose — your purpose is defining you. You are unfolding with profound purpose; your purpose is revealing you, to yourself.
Run to yourself. Life is so big. Do not try to fill it. Instead, expand within. You are enough for you.
Bryant McGill
www.BryantMcGill.net
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