Becoming

I am listening to Michelle Obama's book Becoming. She calls the book becoming for the same reason that the path is considered the goal in Hindu Tantra. She has already become so many roles, yet she does not understand the finite question of 'what do you want to be when you grow up?'

As I am becoming more conscious of the path and the integrated way to work with the present moment with openness and curiosity of energy in motion, there are less finite goals that must be completed for me to be anything.

I am walking in a direction and tasks are inevitably attended to and completed. I am practicing in the Karma room for a 2-week intensive starting today. How can I transform and transmute the jealous god realm's need to move quickly, dualistically, and in a way that is in comparison to other's completion and attainment of goals?

For 30 days, I have chosen to give up alcohol. It is not that I drink a lot, but when I did at the wedding, I was quicker to let down my discernment around honoring my well-being. Also, my dad loves to give up alcohol for the days amounting to his age and (ie: 62 years old = 62 days dry of alcohol). I want to begin this same ritual in my life. I am also going to give up scrolling on facebook for the 2 weeks I am in the Karma room. Other than attending my business pages, I will not spend time in a comparison mode in this sensitive time of transition. I am also continuing to receive bodywork and flushing out organs of old patterning, so cleansing is this Spring motivation to being in the present state of bliss more often. The past is gone, the future has not yet come, rest in the present moment.

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