In the Now

This is where it all resides. There is no other time. There is no other being. There is only being in the Now.

Being in the Now comes through breathing and feeling. Breathe in this moment - all that it is - then release it. Breathe it out. And then again. And then again. Breathing in Life. Breathing in Being. Breathing in Joy.

In the Now, encounters and insights occur. In the Now we are presented with realities. Yesterday, for example, a great wind roared through the trees in the forest that surrounds my home. Today, I received a request from a friend for understanding and acceptance, a request that honoured me as it honoured the one who made it. Tomorrow, other realities will grace my consciousness, touching me, asking of me that I be in relation to them, All that I AM.

We can call them challenges, co-creational energies, stimuli, surroundings, context, Life. We can breathe in BEING in the Now.

If you make the choice to be a divine human in the world, to embody these attributes of Christ Consciousness, of total acceptance, complete compassion, unconditional love, then you do this always in the Now. And it is done through the breath. And it is done in trust. Trusting the perfection of the process through which you are proceeding.

It's kind of like walking in the darkness. Have you ever walked in the dark of night when there was no moon, when clouds covered the stars and blocked even their meager light from touching you? Have you ever realized with a sudden panicky feeling that you couldn't see six feet in front of you? If you have, take yourself back there. If you have not, imagine it then.

..... The first thing you do is to take a deep breath. The second thing is to close your eyes for a moment, just to compare that darkness to the one you experienced when your eyes were open. Then another deep breath and a stillness for a few moments, giving your eyes time to adjust to the very low level of light that is there.

Yet always there is some light, some distinction between sky and earth. (I'm assuming we're not deep in a cave at this point, but rather out in the world somewhere on a very dark night.) Then you begin to move forward, slowly and carefully, but with growing confidence in your ability to navigate the way ahead. Your eyes adjust, and although it is difficult to see much of what lies ahead of you, you are able to proceed. You trust that it will be alright, that the path is relatively smooth, that no danger lies in wait for you. You move slowly and carefully, choosing in each moment where you will put your foot down, where you will step next.

You trust and proceed along an almost completely unseen path toward an unknown future. You move forward with some difficulty and the way might seem long, yet you experience reverence and awe as you go through this, for is this not Adventure, such as we all have secretly yearned to call our own?

I'll tell you one thing, being out in the world in the darkness like that, you will most assuredly be in the Now! There is no room for speculation about tomorrow or for reminiscence about the days long passed when you are oh-so carefully choosing each step through the moment.

In the Now, fully present, breathing deeply, trusting as best we can, we fulfill our potentials. We complete ourselves. We come into self-realization. We embody our consciousness in its ALLness, its totality.

We choose and choose and choose again in the Now.