Joy In The Morning

This morning during meditation, I took a while to calm my mind and presence myself. My mind remained sufficiently calm for me to experience joy in just being present in my body on the couch, alert, awake and aware. I felt very well, like effervescent energy bubbling and flowing. I simply enjoyed being in this state of awareness. I experienced pleasure and felt comfortable, as though this experience were most familiar. It was like coming home and being myself.

It came to me during this experience that I don't have to strive to communicate spiritual awakening to others. I see that I have carried a notion that my life is centered around understanding consciousness, the spiritual experience, and helping others to value it and experience it for themselves. I have learned, though, that people are different and value different experiences in incarnating into human form. I am not obligated or required to make others value this awareness and state of being in order to give my life value or meaning. In the experience of being this morning, I somehow came to realize that being is sufficient. My impulse to work hard to make something available to others who may or may not be interested in alternative models for living their lives is something I was trained and programmed to feel. I can choose to share this experience or not.

In any case, I can enjoy being as much as I like.