Unfolds Differently

Unfolds differently: 

not a seeker, no spiritual search, nor do I strive for any deeper understanding of the world - yet still I meditate as a daily practice, and I find myself drawn to occasionally revisit the daily exercises in A Course in Miracles, or read a book with claims and descriptions of someone's awakening experience. These are happy things for me to do, exploring so many options that have brought meaning and joy to others, or played a significant role in my own past. I know that many people, former seeker's it seems, arrive at a point where they feel it's best to leave this all behind, no guru, no method, no teacher, as Van Morrison sang and in his song In The Garden, inspired by a Jiddu Krishnamurti quote. But things appear to be unfolding differently for me, my enjoyment only grows with meditation, spiritual texts gain new meaning and insight in their revisit, and the world itself becomes my guru, teaching me through its ever present mystery and wonder. My method, such as it is, 

is simply seeing.

and seeing is always direct, immediate, without providing any meaning of its own, nor memory of anything ever seen before. Just this, now, and whatever it is I see is my own revelation, every object belonging in a seamless fashion in relation to another, and all appearing through the capacity of an endless, empty, embrace which holds the world. 

everything belongs here, nothing denied.

it's a continuous awakening.

every moment.

things are allowed to unfold differently, mystery isn't set in certain ways as to how things will appear for everyone, my own awakening being different than your own. For me, it was an easy slide from seeker to explorer, an energy shift born of continuing wonder and awe. I make no apologies in that my path unfolds differently than yours, nor should anyone apologies for their own means of joy and awakening. It's just who we are, how things appear to be, at least for now. Everything changes, no path is ever sure and certain (in fact, there's no real path at all) and mystery only promises a continuous awakening.

however differently it may unfold. 

~

Peace, Eric