When Will I Arrive?

A student asked a Zen Master where the Master would go when he died. The Master roared with laughter, and replied "There is nowhere to go, I am already here!" It is the same with walking a path with heart. There is this nagging thought sometimes that where we happen to be isn't the right spot, that we should be someplace else doing whatever else.

The truth of the matter is, where you are is where you need to be. This is the spot where the healing takes place, where you come to terms with the issue. It may not be the most attractive or comfortable spot in the world, and usually it isn't; still, there you are.

Healing into life is not a journey in the physical sense, although your mind may process it as such. Finding your path with heart leads you inward, toward your spiritual self, not outward to some distant goal.

There is a natural impatience in all of us to get the rough stuff over with, and to get on with the fun stuff. In fact, by a subtle twist of transformation, it is the process of coming to grips with the rough stuff that creates space for the fun stuff to happen.

There are no instant fixes for finding your path with heart, and when on it, obstacles quite often have to be rolled out of the way. Sometimes, when I've had a breakthrough of healing back into life in some important way, I've also had a twinge of impatience with myself that I hadn't done it sooner. This is how I know I haven't fully come to terms with myself, and need to accept myself more.

The part of your consciousness where your self-concept lays is not subject to chronological time. Being impatient and wishing yourself someplace other than where you are at only slows the process down. This is because your attention is focused on the fiction of when & where instead of the fact of here & now.
The answer to the question of "When will I arrive?" is simple - "You already have."

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