ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

A RIDDLE

.Q. :- What is it that you will not get until after you already have it?

.A.:-  Enough

Well, you have it. You have enough. Let's go and have a cuppa.

I'm not kidding. That part is taken care of. The bucket is full. Every Now moment is abundantly brimming. Not a shred more can be packed into it. The Past was also full-to-bursting at the time. So perhaps the condition of  Not-Enough, Emptiness or Lack, may be a dis-ease solely of the imagined future.

Here and now there is nothing missing. Fears of Lack are constructs of an Imperfect Mind fixated on a delusion -- of a future "without".

How much is enough for you?
For every person I have ever asked this question, the answer is always different. For each individual person, moreover, the answer will sometimes vary from moment to moment. One thing, though, that there seems to be a lot of agreement about is this -- there is rarely "enough". There will either be too little of something, or too much of something else. And whenever there is too little or too much of anything in one place, things get out of balance.

Someone who has enough is content.

Now, enough of what?

Name it. Love? Money? Happiness? Relationship? Health? Success? etc, etc. etc......

But is Enough-ness a matter of fact? Or merely one of perception? Is there a measurable, definable amount of love, money, happiness, relationship, health, success, etc, etc. etc...... that we can all agree is "enough"? Of course not! The perception of "enough-ness" is so personal, cultural, rubbery and elusive that it defies description.

Your level of Enough-ness, just like mine, is a matter of personal choice. We have Enough whenever we say so, and not a moment before.

Not-enough = Dissatisfaction: Enough = Contentment.

And to him who has enough, more will be given.
From him who has not-enough, more will be taken.
And remember, that the "enough" of which I speak is the Perception of Enough-ness, not some arbitrary level of possession. Enough-ness is a Perception, and our perceptions are always, always, always our absolute  and personal responsibility. Enough-ness has nothing whatever to do with what we have, or don't have: it's not even something we feel or think about. Enough-ness is What-Is. The only question is whether or not we are tuned in to it.

Look at it from this possibility for a moment or three ---
You already have what you came here for.... for now.

If you feel something is missing, maybe you're like the kid whose mother brought him into the lolly shop for a Freddo Frog, and now he wants the whole shop! Life, the ultimate parent, sometimes says "No", without explanation. Programmes like "Airline" are so entertaining because we get to see other people acting out at high decibels the way we do when somebody says "No"to each of us.

Consider this .... In every area of your life, you already have abundant enough-ness; how you are now responding to this notion is precisely how you respond to anyone who has the gall to say "No" to you. If you're inwardly acting like a spoiled brat, learn the lesson. Enough is going to elude you all your life until you do.

Is there something you imagine that you want that you do not yet have? Good. What are you prepared to give up in order to make room for it? And what are you prepared to become in order to keep it? No, stop for a moment. Those are very serious questions that deserve more than a glib answer off the top of your head. What are you prepared to forgo to get what you say you want?

A great operatic singer once performed for a charity function attended by very well-heeled, blue-rinse ladies encrusted in gems, jewels and botox -- perfect advertisements for their husbands' successes. Over drinks and savouries afterwards, one very spoiled and overweight dame came gushing up to the singer and effused "Oh, I would SO love to sing like you do!" The very perceptive diva looked at her for a moment, then said quietly and kindly to her "No, you don't. If that were what you wanted, you would have sacrificed the life you have to undergo the disciplines and necessities of the life that I live."

We already have it the way that we set it up. But ego always wants More, Better and Different -- states that are often mislabeled as "Not-Enough". If you truly want it to be some other way, then it is up to you to un-do what you have constructed and rebuild from the ground up. You already have enough -and - anything else you want is available. But consider the possibility that there is something you already have and are hanging onto that is blocking further delivery. And one of those things might be the perception of "not-enough".

Jesus the Christ is credited with having said once to a rich young ruler on this very subject, "It's a damn sight easier for a camel to squeeze through the Eye of a Needle than it is for a bloke with excess baggage to get to Enough."

If you want to know what "Enough" feels like ---

Downscale your demands;

Lighten up.