Hoping you all had a peaceful day of giving Thanks!
Being with family always gives me a quick check up
on how my nervous system has evolved.
Thinking about the concept of “who am I” coming
into the lives of my brother’s family and reframing
it to “what am I” feels a lot more like how I want to feel.
Who am I feels so separate, almost
defensive; what am I, feels more contented.
If I can stay in that field of Being
the observer of all things going around me.
Then I can be of service to others and
be of the most help.
I stepped into my nephew’s room, who was
home visiting too, and was thrilled to see
the vastness of
his collection of shoes. @samtick_footwear
Some he made — prototypes
that were brought to market, some
never destined to be on the market.
Others, he simply liked and collected.
I was struck by the vast personalities of each shoe.
Each with their own unique nervous system.
It sent me looking for a favorite passage in Alistair Shearer’s book: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
he writes:
”According to yoga, we suffer because
we live in ignorance. We are ignorant of our real nature.
Our true nature lies beyond the restrictions of
our careworn and humdrum existence,
ecstatically free and untouched by suffering.
Deep within the mind, beyond the faintest
flicker of thought, it is experienced as an
undying and omnipresent vastness.
It is absolute consciousness.
Animating everything in creation,
this is the source and goal of all life…
The more developed the nervous system,
the more it will express the qualities of pure
consciousness—intelligence, creativity, and bliss.”
Recognizing this year feels different than any
other year of visiting, I am left with
this quote
by T.S. Elliot
”We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
Giving thanks to all of you that
are curious and in my life.
Sharing our lives together
growing and expanding
is the absolute best.
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