A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH "NOW"

It has been said --

"A fish does not know water until it is out of it."

We did not know Peace and Balance until we fell out of them.
Since then, we have lived in varying degrees of dis-comfort and im-balance.

Unable to really re-member what profound Peace and Balance felt like,
We have still used some idea about them as a reference point;
We have viewed imbalance as an aberration,
And have tried to re-balance ourselves
Against the imaginary ideal of "wellness".
No wonder we keep stumbling.

If what you're doing isn't helping you stay firmly on your feet,
Here's another way to look at it --
Instead of assuming a sense of disturbance, discomfort, dis-equilibrium or pain
As something to be cured,
See them instead
As gifts.
Instead of recoiling from the condition we're in,
It is possible for us to creatively use it
As a real, living, breathing reference point
From which to reflect upon our here-and-now place
On sliding scales
Of balance and imbalance,
(On a scale of 1 to 10, where do you feel?)
Fluidity and rigidity,
(On a scale of 1 to 10, where do you feel?)
Expansion and contraction,
(One a scale of 1 to 10....)
Openness and closedness,
Judgement and unconditionality.

In other words,
Instead of standing where you think you should be,
And viewing your experience negatively from There,
Stand instead where you are
And look at the situation,
And where you are within it,
From Here/Now.
From this new, real and actual viewing platform
There is no more good or bad,
No more right or wrong,
No more should or should-not --
No polarising,
No agreement or rejection;
There is just the eternal and abundant gift of What-Is,
Inviting us to look
From this point of view,
And re-balance
Here where we stand.

In this new engagement with Now,
Everything can be integrated with the complex harmony of Existence.

Just as a new pattern in an evolving tapestry
Develops and enriches the tapestry.

In this new engagement with Now,
We find openness, lovingness, supportingness,
And a growing sense of adventure, freedom and gratitude.

But it isn't going to happen by accident.
In turmoil we have to deliberately Choose
To switch from Recoil to Engage.