"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!
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