We stumble upon the Eternal world in our backyard.
It's the place where we feel comfortable and things are routine
and habitual. We know the place. It may be we are looking far away
for the Eternal, in some far away land or when we die. But we might
be too BIG in our looking because we have an idea that the Eternal is
BIG or worse, we think is somewhere else.
What when we do it leads us to find the Eternal?
If I left this blank, would you know from your own work
with your self what you do that leads to finding the Eternal?
Perhaps this finding the Eternal is something that we need to contemplate.
Be prepared for some cost. It takes effort and time.
It takes knowing when and where to look.
But don't worry, you haven't missed the boat. This boat is the human
condition.
Right in the middle of what we are doing at anytime we can
begin to look for the Eternal. Your own mind is your backyard.
It might be a backyard that is habitual but the familiarity and comfort
may lull us into a blind ignorance of the self. But that's OK. Ignorance,
not knowing, is the first step on finding the Eternal.
If we find ignorance, not knowing much about the self, that is where
we start. It does not require any condemnation or criticism or heaven forbid,
"name calling." It requires being honest and straightforward in realizing what
you find when you look for the Eternal. It's fessing up.
So, go ahead, go ahead and look for the Eternal. Then fess up.
