“Standing in the light of your conscious presence, exists the essence of your self worth and being.” — JLR
By definition mindfulness is: a means of paying attention, awareness without judgment of what is via direct/immediate response, and also comes from Eastern spiritual/religous traditions such as Zen/Buddhism. Manifesting can show or demonstrate plainly, as in a person, divine being or materialized form of spirit. Incorporating these entities into the consciousness of our daily lives requires each of us to become alive, alert, aware and present using the tools we possess. The words in a Traditional Indian Saying suggest . . . “When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.”
We are “programmed” from an early age to achieve, compete, succeed, acquire honors, accolades, degrees, and a compendium of continuing accomplishments that would exhaust a seasoned gladiator. We use our ever evolving skill sets, to climb that self-induced ladder that will ultimately give us what we believe is necessary to gain recognition/happiness. Along the way through disappointment, failure, unrealized hopes, dreams and expectations something goes desperately wrong. What happened? We did everything right, or so we thought . . . and then once again we find ourselves in a place we don’t recognize. Oliver Wendell Holmes illuminates a fascinating premise, “A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”
The time to reflect on where you are, why you’re here and where you’re going can be re-evaluated in this moment, it’s never to late when your mind reveals another choice. The challenge then becomes one of how you perceive the next step, and the intention of the direction you choose. Everything that you are or will become is in the essence of this moment. The desire to discover more is always the responsibility of the individual through sentient enlightenment. Are you up to the journey? In “Self Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson stated, “Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” Given the circumstances we find ourselves, making the effort to grow beyond our current perspective holds a greater degree of hope than we may ever imagine, envision or realize . . . the future is now. JLR