It’s true, things come and go. We do, possessions do and so do other people and experiences; it’s all part of life. The part of our life that resides in the physical world. Grasping onto something or someone in the hope that it will always be the same can cause much sadness and upset. Yet, at the same time understanding that things come and go also offers relief in the realisation that something we do not enjoy going through will eventually pass.
The essence of who we truly are is at the centre of all that goes on around us but is not governed by time or form. It doesn’t come and go, it just is – eternally. When we understand that this is who we really are and that everything is interconnected we realise we can never really have or loose anything, because it is already part of us.
All our physical bodies go through, whether we feel it is good or bad, pleasurable or not will ultimately pass. Another possession or experience will come and take its place and the sequence will begin all over again. It may not be the same as the one before or even similar but it will be replaced none the less. This is the case because life in the formed world is always evolving, changing.
Heraclitus said ‘you can never step in the same river twice’
No two moments are the same even if we are standing still in an empty room and certainly not if we are experiencing life. Sometimes it is hard for us to be at ease with change, especially big change. As humans, we must feel a certain sense of control within our life/situation or stress levels can rise. However, by coming to terms with how the world and events are continually changing we can ‘roll with the punches’ or ‘go with the flow’ more easily. That doesn’t mean we don’t grieve or feel happy at things it just means we get that it is an external process.
Realising that everything is always in a state of movement ironically helps us deal with it. Helps us understand that when something happens (especially stuff we don’t feel the best about) we can look at it from a much larger perspective. From a point bigger than our physical self and see that we are part of something much larger. That we don’t ‘take it personally’ for it is …..the way it is.
Enjoy
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