Monthly Archives: January 2011

We are Already Where We Need to Be

By John on January 23, 2011

As human beings we are always trying to get somewhere. Many of us seek some standard of success that we think will bring happiness or validation from the world. Even those of us involved in the personal growth and consciousness process still have the idea that we certainly don’t want to be where we are – we’re trying to get somewhere better. And when we get to that place, everything will be right somehow. Yet, consciousness cannot be found somewhere else; it happens through becoming aware of where we are right now.

Trying to get somewhere else takes us away from appreciating the process. When we begin to enjoy the process itself, we can stop worrying and become completely involved in the fascinating journey that’s unfolding each moment in each day.

Today I am not trying to get somewhere else. I’m focusing on being aware of where I am NOW.

From: Awakening, A Daily Guide to Conscious Living, by Shakti Gawain

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The Window from Which We Look

By John on January 3, 2011

Too often we see only what we want to see.  Perhaps we need to look more closely.

A middle-aged couple moved into a new neighborhood.

At breakfast on the first morning in their new kitchen, the woman saw her neighbor hanging her laundry on a clothesline.

“Those clothes are not very clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly.  Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looked out the window at the neighbor’s backyard, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang out her laundry to dry, the woman would make the same comment.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see nice clean clothes on the clothesline and said to her husband:  “Look, she finally learned how to wash correctly.  I wonder who taught her.”

The husband said, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”

And so it is with life.

What we see when watching others depends on the clarity of the window through which we look.

How clean are your windows?

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