Change Is Ever Becoming

Do you give much time to the question of where life is taking you?. Most of us happily spend more time planning our next vacation than we do the next 5 years of our lives. There is nothing wrong with this, especially if we are independently wealthy. The trouble is, few of us can afford the luxury of not looking.

What do you intend to do with the rest of your life? Will you spend it looking for Nirvana, the ultimate mate, the ideal guru, the perfect job, the lottery, or something in-between? I prefer to spend my life in the area of something in-between.

As situations come up in our lives, the universe has an interesting way of telling us it is time to resolve, let go, accept, heal and integrate the experience into our personal adventures so we can move on.

I used to like to calling the universe's attempts to communicate with me "a problem." Buddhists have a wonderful concept they call Ever-Becoming, or the continual movement of the universe toward higher and more evolved forms of reality.

Our present civilization sees mankind at its best educated, most technologically advanced stage in known history. It is wonderful to be alive at this moment in time. For all the ills of society, the benefits far outweigh the problems.

Who would want to go back to cholera, tuberculosis, economic depression or a world war? I wouldn't. Maybe the atom bomb has a positive purpose in a round-about sort of way - its existence keeps the lunatic power mongers alert to their own potential annihilation.

If movement of the universe is toward ever-better, then life can only get better. We have been deeply programmed into believing in the inherent negativity of life. Over and over we hear how it is supposed to be negative, tough and a losing proposition. Baloney.

Life is positive, good, full of meaning and purpose. It is a priceless gift to experience. Life isn't hard, it isn't tough, and it is a winning proposition. The word "Buddha" means wise one. One of his 4 noble truths tells us that life contains difficulties.

This means we need to put out energy to get what we want. And there is nothing wrong with that. Keep a loving picture in your mind of what you want, and in time the universe will respond.

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