Live Naturally

 “Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Emptiness is the source and the substance of all that exists.
When you are still, you return to this source, as you do every night in deep, dreamless sleep.
This return to emptiness recharges the innermost being with peace and joy.
It is a state of absolute and blissful contentment – nothing is wanted in this perfect abundance.
This daily miracle is the gateway to all mystery.

“What any desire really aims at, is a state of non-desire. This non-desire is a state in which we demand absolutely nothing. Thus it is a state of extreme abundance, of fullness. This fullness is revealed as infinite bliss and peace. You now know that you are really seeking nothing else but fullness and absolute peace.” Jean Klein, Be Who You Are

If you would know heaven on earth, discover the art of waking sleep.

Learn to be still in the midst of movement, silent in the hurly-burly of the marketplace, at rest in the very throes of action. Find the center deep in your being, the Self who is the only  constant through all your states, the unattached, impartial and dispassionate witness of  the drama of your life. 

Seek the source of your very existence. Open your heart to this sacred inquiry. 

“Deep inquiry leads to contemplation, or prayer. Through dedicated contemplation we can attune to consciousness, the light which constitutes all phenomena. This light is our intrinsic nature. Our being is always shining. Our real nature is openness, listening, release, surrender without effort or will. Prayer is welcoming, free from projection and expectation. It is without demand and formulation. It invites the divine to unfold in you and reveals your openness to you. Live with this opening, this vastness. Attune yourself to it. It is love.” Jean Klein, Who Am I?: The Sacred Quest

Break the conditioning and drop the illusion of the persona to return to your true nature.

True prayer is just being, here and now, open, accepting, receptive as an empty cup.

Just as you drop all thought, all identification with name or form, to sink into the rest and rejuvenation of deep sleep, let everything go…except the spark of awareness, the consciousness that is the witness of waking, dream and sleep.

 Learn to find and hold onto this witness, this intrinsic state of pure being.
With practice, you will be able to always abide in this conscious center with effortless ease.
Like a bird flies, a fish swims or a tree grows, live naturally, anchored in the blissful peace of the eternal Self.