A commentary…

One night as I was standing on the lawn and looking toward the stars--my vision became so fixed and concentrated for a moment, that I felt a direct opening to infinity in my outer and inner sight. It was as if I were at the center of the universe and at the same time as big as the universe. This was my first experience in feeling completely present in the here and now, and because I was neither thinking of the past or the future, I felt the infinite full-feelingness of a single moment in time.

Usually my life is as when I am on a speeding train, and when looking straight out the window see nothing but a blur of images. But if I stay in the single moment experience in each ever-new moment, I instead see life as if the train were stopped, revealing the whole panorama of images around me.

I find in daily living that I enjoy every moment more fully by staying relaxed in my body and feeling relaxed internally in my attitudes and thoughts. Yes, life does speed along as the train running down the track but within my own being I remain relaxed. This is a relaxation that is not from being lazy, rather, I feel even more fully energized and concentrated on what I want to do in the moment.

I would like to share an essay I wrote some time ago on the concept of living more fully in each moment:

Time as Liquid Silver

Time

Given quality

Brightened capacity

Flows through our lives

as liquid silver

Liquid silver--

valuable, held dear, expandable, expendable

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Time is flowing with a variable volume. When we are energetic we get more done in an hour than we would at a casual pace. One hour may by 60 minutes, but we can make it more valuable--liquid silver--by increasing the quality we put into that 60 minutes.

All aspects of living can have the quality of liquid silver if we always act from our highest consciousness. Each moment we use our free will to decide how to act. We can upgrade--viewing our time as precious silver; or downgrade--viewing our time as dust, to be whisked away. Our choice.

Journeying in Time…

Taking a leisurely drive, we enjoy the passing scenery without worrying about our destination.

During the journey of living we should enjoy what every moment holds--without putting off our goal of happiness or fulfillment for the distant future. We limit our opportunity to enjoy the present by thinking the future will be better.

Life's a string of connected events

giving shape to our time

Integral links

in the whole experience

of living

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We enjoy the present moment with the depth and insight we have gained in living. Past positive attitudes and choices compound, leading us to naturally fulfilling outcomes in the present. And today's positive actions continue this process into our future.

Living each moment

from our highest consciousness

insures a continuously more fulfilling

experience of life

Self-knowledge Improves the Quality of our Time…

Self-knowledge:

Knowing and being able to draw from our inner Source

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Self-knowledge forms the foundation for building a happy, fulfilling life. When our actions are inline with the highest good we are contributing to our sense of wholeness and well-being--just as a house built upon a foundation with straight and true lumber creates a framework that perfectly supports its visible outer coverings.

By our actions we are known

With the insight of self-knowledge

we can create beautifully

 

 
 
 

Self-knowledge is like drinking from an ever-flowing spring of clarity. When we need guidance in any situation, the way that preserves our personal peace comes to mind. It is an open telephone line--directly from the pervading universal cellular harmony to our conscious mind. The more we converse on this open direct line to our all-knowing Source, the more we can use and incorporate these directives reliably. After awhile, the flow becomes so integrated into our waking consciousness, that the best resolve is automatic. This is open communication in its purest sense--the ultimate application of self-knowledge.

Some techniques to develop the connection with our Source are: ethical living, caring actions, meditation, and self-analysis.

Self-knowledge

brought out from within

imbues our daily actions

with truth and harmony

And personal integrity

increases the quality of our time

 

 

 

Personal Integrity…

We continuously create our reality by our choices, moment to moment--creating and maintaining harmony by following our conscience and acting for the highest good.

Personal integrity

takes courage

 

 

We are being courageous in living according to our conscience, when it would be easy to hide from others the fact that we are not following our conscience. It is easier to slide down the hill of life, maintaining or digressing in our current state of consciousness, than to follow the sometimes hard climb up the path of what we know is right. The reward for continually upgrading our personal integrity is that we become more conscious of our harmonious self-effulgent nature.

Through living with personal integrity, others notice that we can be trusted--we become a trustworthy friend, an asset to our world family.

By integrating our highest consciousness

we enjoy the most happiness in living

 

Plotting a Course Unlimited…

What dimension is unlimited by time, place, space? Lovingness.

Caring beyond ourselves brings warm-feeling energy into our body, into our waking consciousness--to be used in our interactions. Lovingness propels us to break free from the idea that we have a limited supply of mental, emotional, and physical energy.

The unlimited energy

brought on by our lovingness

catapults us beyond

the concept of limitation

 

 
 
 
 

Our inner guide--our conscience-- is awakened and developed by our being unconditionally loving in our daily living. As we incorporate lovingness into every circumstance in living, we preserve our awareness of harmony and connectedness as interwoven threads in the cloth of creation.

Plotting a course unlimited

unbounded by time, place, space

when using the energy brought on by lovingness

 

In conclusion some thoughts…

Science has shown

that physical form is compressed energy

To our eye, matter appears solid

unmoving, unchanging

In reality, everything is changing its form

at varying rates in time

Our bodies change a lot over our lifetime

From a speck at conception

to billions of cells at maturity

In a state of flux, renewal, continually

All the while our body is changing

it is occupied

by the same consciousness

Our Self

In whatever form our body appears

at whatever age

We are always able to say

It is me

During all the changes

of our body and surroundings

we preserve our happiness

by adapting to

and accepting the format of the moment

Gracefully flowing from this moment's form

into the next

Within the changing format

of energy and matter

a consciousness exists, persists

untouched by change

that is not bounded by limitations of time

Our connection

within the unchanging consciousness

is our feeling of lovingness

manifested in caring actions

Lovingness stands on its own

The transient forms of time and energy

used in expressions of love

is how we make our time

as liquid silver

 

© 1998 Susan Kramer

Santa Barbara, California USA

You may reach Susan Kramer at susan@susankramer.com

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