Today’s Self-reflective Poem – The Contradiction
How can one convey ‘knowing’ or ‘being’ without first experiencing for themselves lack, shallowness and dis-connection?
My mind thinks but I do not understand, My eyes see, but I do not look, My ears hear, but I do not listen, My hands touch, but I do not feel. My mouth speaks, but I do not communicate, I am here, but I’m not present.
This is our human experience and our life path is to discover what is, and what has always been available to us, but we’ve learnt to live without. We are conditioned to not see, and hear, and all our ‘senses’ are in a (coma or) unconscious state. We must try to become conscious - AWARE once again, as we were when we were children and the world was fascinating, exciting, and full of learning opportunities. There is a deeper reality that surpasses the superficial realities we’ve created to protect ourselves from being our true expression, (freedom, love and truth) on the earth.
If we welcome ‘presence’ into our life, we will experience peace which surpasses ALL understanding.
Please understand, I am just like you on this journey of life lessons. I am not perfect; I stumble and trip over the very same things you do. Accepting ourselves and others as being ‘on the path’ towards learning and growing (and no-one will ever know everything), helps us extend grace to others as well as to ourselves. Everyone's path is different, traveling at different speeds, some further down the track, some still walking on glass, some not ‘on the path’ at all (yet), but the destination is exactly the same.
Just knowing there is a deeper way of ‘being in life’ is enough to encourage every soul to live in a way that is meaningful, joyful, fulfilled and inspired to them, and for them. It is a solo journey of Self-discovery. To seek to understand, (even if we only ever experience tiny glimpses of being present), will increase our capacity in becoming connected to what really matters in life.
Each other.
written By Teresa De Mouilpied-Moore - Authour/Life Coach/CBT Practitioner/Podcaster
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