We live in a noisy culture. It's little wonder that so many of us feel on edge and don't know where to place our attention, our vital life energy. And this is an essential question. As my spiritual director recently told me: "Love is infinite, but your energy is finite."
We can see thoughts as apparitions. They come and go but have no inherent substance. We are free to believe or disbelieve them, act on them or ignore them.
And then something amazing happened. I looked out at the ocean and experienced an infinite Love. The mind receded, and and an unconditional, limitless, judgment-free LOVE emerged.
What do we do with our agitation and anxiety? Do we find ourselves barking uncontrollably on social media or with friends and family?…The way forward is to shift from projection to introspection.
It seems that we as a species are in a "shoulder season", a time of transition between seasons. We vacillate between what we are becoming and the lesser angels of our past. We are both a fearful, bigoted, selfish lot, and a generous, welcoming, evolving people. And, of course, each of us individually is somewhere on that spectrum, often vacillating between the poles.