The Voice

I saw this beautiful sunset going down tonight from the back of my house on the patio.  The suns melts into the distance and I can see it go down in a blaze of glory.  Its bright orange hues seemed to tug at my Being and comfort my insides.

I also saw these type of wintry sunsets while attending the Vipassana course that is near my home.  I moved out here to be near this type of energy and it feels like a warm blanket wrapped around my soul.  

I remember a night last week waiting for the evening meditation in my room and feeling alone.   I could sense this feeling of being banished from the world and isolated.  A familiar feeling that I did something "wrong" somehow and was waiting to be "punished" for some untold sin.  It seemed like an odd feeling to have.   Especially at a meditation center where Silence is golden and shame nonexistent.

I remember finding my innocence and a feeling of Joy came over me.  I had nothing to fear.  There was no punishment waiting from me.  The teachers and students were kind.  I sat with the group and it was kind and loving.

Coming home this week was also kind.  The feeling of  "punishment" would arise temporarily and it would quickly disappear.  Into the sunset.   My "sins" seemed to be man made.  Out of some book.  Handed down by confused people who have never felt a true sunset.  Fearing the future and praying for a reprieve from a deity they have never met.

I marvel at the mind's ability to rob us of our Peace. Creating multiple scenarios to keep us from being one with the sunset.  I am hopelessly optimistic about the future.  It seems full of Silence and quiet moments.  

And all I have to do is Be Here Now.

It is everywhere.

 

Comments

[Leah]

You are positively optimistic....and it IS full of silence and quiet moments. What a beautiful place. What a gift.