Get Busy Being Born!

           "He not busy being born is busy dying."
                                                                  -Bob Dylan

Could it be that from the time of our births we simply spend each moment of our lives moving closer towards death; or, is it possible to live in such a way that we are constantly being re-born?

To the  unenlightend mind we exist as separate finite beings limited in our capacity to experience true happiness and freedom due to our identification with form. To such a mind the meaning of life seems to be found in power, control over others, and material gain. And while some small pleasures may be experienced it is inevitable that for one who seeks meaning in the temporal, pain and suffering will always soon follow. In this way, yes, we are always moving towards death because our sense of who we are is so caught up with the egoic self that we can not feel beyond the body and mind.

This is not the way of the Yogi. Yoga is about growth, transformation and exploration. Devote your time towards learning new things, meeting people who think differently then you do, questioning your own belief systems and facing the future with a sense of boldness, adventure and positivity!

Challenge yourself to be re-born again and again into new and more expansive realms of consciousness through reading, travel,  meditation, chanting, selfless service, engaging in mind expanding conversation, or whatever else works for you.

When we eventually become enlightened we will not longer feel that we are the body and mind but will know ourselves as the great ocean of awareness, beyond time and beyond space. Until then let us use the body and mind as our vehicles to travel into the unknown for this is where Truth awaits us.

Get busy being born .... life is short!