Can you let now be enough?

Can you let now be enough?

It is enough if you allow it.

It’s never the forgetting that counts, it’s the remembering.

The more you rest now in the stillness that exists now, the more the mind vanishes. The mind hates it, because it’s the one place it can’t go. No need to listen to it. It knows nothing, it can tell you nothing about stillness.

Can remembering be enough? Because it is.

If you can be content to remember, you will have everything.

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What is real? What is true?
How do you know?

The unchanging truth exists within you, right now, closer than your next thought. Everything else is a commentary, an assumption, a hope or a fear. All options, but not reality.

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” - Buddha


In each moment we can start afresh and be born again. It just takes the willingness to let go, and immerse yourself in presence. What matters most is how we are now.

It doesn't matter if you think you have lived a good life or judge yourself to have lived a bad life. Begin again.

Courage

"It takes courage to recognize that we are not victims to anything outside of us. Recognizing that we are perfect is one of the bravest things we can do."
- Priya Ishaya

It is so engrained in our habits to look for what is wrong. It takes a strength of conviction to detach from blaming the outside and turn within.

Though the more you rest there in inner stillness, the more you are able to declare from your lived experience that all is well, that there is absolutely nothing wrong.

The mind kicks, saying “who are you to declare such happiness, such freedom?”

The Silence Self, having nothing to prove to anyone or anything, doesn’t stir. It only rests in peace, perfectly.





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Right in front of you

If the absolute of divine grace and beauty was right in front of you, would you pay attention?

Perhaps if you pay attention, you might perceive the absolute of divine grace and beauty, right in front of you.

This life is only about where you put your attention. You create your reality based on what thoughts you follow. When you change your thoughts, you change your world. When you look for beauty, you find it. When you look for ugliness, you find it.

The Truth is here, right in front of you. It follows you everywhere. It’s just that you are somewhere else, distracted.

Don't spend your life being distracted. Everything is here, already.

Giving It Up

"If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way."
Buddha


Giving is the greatest thing you can do to experience more. That is why many traditions' vows, including the Ishayas, are all about service. Service to yourself, service to humanity.

I have some amazing teachers in giving. All of them are constantly looking for places to give, always asking me if I need anything. Its phenomenal when I'm around people like that because largely the rest of the world isn't.

My Teacher once told us that service was the high road to Unity. When you give you are giving yourself away. The concern with me, with lack, with protection.

So I started giving. At first it was because I wanted to expand my experience. I gave conditionally. I gave because it was good for me. But the more I gave, the more I saw how joyful being of service is. Giving became unconditional. I give because I love to.

Ascension is the greatest act of giving we will ever do. We are giving the grip on our minds, the habit of worry, doubt and fear away. We give our smallness away. In exchange we are given clarity, ease, centredness, presence, God. The more you give, the more you get.

We all start Ascending for some result, something we want. But Ascension, like all giving, is most rewarding when done without regard for result, just for the sheer joy of doing it.

When we Ascend with an eye on a prize, we miss out on the beauty that is right in front of us. And when something unexpected happens, we get grumpy, we get angry. But the more you give yourself away, the more you realise this giving is the prize. Everytime you give your attention to the Ascendant, that choice is the beauty.

The incredibleness of being able to experience the Ascendant is unspeakable. Actually giving your full attention to it is even more so.

So don’t Ascend to get. Ascend to give.

Getting It Right

Some of us really spend a lot of energy trying to get life right - to make the right decisions, to do and say the right thing. I used to be almost paralysed in making a decision because I wanted to make sure I did the best thing.

We bring this with us when we learn Ascension - we want to be the best student, we want to get Ascension right, we want the formula to perfection.

When I first learnt to Ascend I was very confused, annoyed even. I loved Ascending, but when I asked a teacher what should I do next, she replied "What do you want to do?".

I was annoyed because I wanted someone to tell me what do to and how to live. When the Ishayas suggested I stand on my own feet and look within, it was a disorientating. I was so used to seeking the Truth without; in books, in inspirational people, in spiritual movements. Those tricky Ishayas, always pointing the finger back to your own heart.

But it is the perfect thing for me, to continually see if there is anywhere I'm trying to get something right, getting involved in "I should", trying to become.

Just take the time to effortlessly go within. Because from the stillness comes Life. From the stillness comes inspiration and joy, love and beauty, creativity and contentment. From the stillness comes the perfect moment.

You can't get that wrong. AND, you can't get it right. You just have to accept it, exactly as it is. There's the perfection.

So enjoy!

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