Healing the past, Wholeness in the Now … (07/23/12)
We carry our wounds with us — those wounds from our young days; those wounds that never seem to heal. Rest assured, every fear you have, every desire you feel, every criticism you relay, every judgment you inflict — they all come from wounds received many moons before now. We could release them, of course, and yet they are so comfortable to have around — so familiar …
So we walk around with them; pulling them out a few times every hour just to make sure they are still there; just to make sure they are still keeping us “aware of the risks” and “careful of the dangers” …
The great irony is that these wounds do not protect us at all.
In fact, these whispering facets of painful memory are actually the very things keeping us from deeply Connecting with the others around us — a Connection of Caring that is the only thing that will ever bring us the lasting Peace for which we so desperately yearn.
It is these echoes of our past that are responsible for continually sharpening the splinters our egos use to repeatedly prick & poke our calm Souls — keeping us afraid of strangers, keeping us angry at our enemies, keeping us subtly depressed over “the unfairness of it all”.
Of course, the Reality of Life is very different …
In Reality, 99.9% of all the strangers you encounter are patently friendly folks who would love nothing better than to share a smile with you or help you out of a jam.
In Reality, nobody is really interested in hurting you. Almost every one of your enemies was (and still is) simply protecting his or her own wounds — probably from you (albeit unnecessarily, and possibly inappropriately).
In Reality, even on the worst of days, Life is simply amazing — more than incredible enough to focus on the Good therein — more than enough to be thankful anyway.
It is time to let our past depart our present … It is time to stop picking at those scabs and become whole again … It is time to recognize that our well-intended egos have shackled our true Well-Being for long enough …
It is time to See the Truth that we are ALL members of one huge, beautiful Family.
It is time to turn away from our very reasonable fears in order to actively Care for someone else.
It is time to gently stop criticizing what is wrong with our lives and awaken to what is Right.
Your wounds can only heal when you let them go … Your past can only melt away when you stop re-enlivening its fears & desires.
LOVE gives the past a gentle kiss goodbye, and then turns courageously into the new day of Now …
… got LOVE?
(~ not from Osho, but ignited thereby)
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