I have been in India for 3 weeks and it has been such a beautiful journey. I can not say that i saw the beauty in every moment at the time but now that it is all wrapping up i have found a new perspective and i am grateful for every moment, the tears, the joy, the confusion, the trust, the love, even the anger.
Before i left for India i thought i would be blogging as i went along my journey. Now it is my last day and this is my first post. I realized if i had been blogging the whole time you would have been reading about my perspective on every human emotion because the last 3 weeks has been a buffet of every emotion on the menu. Some would call it a "roller coaster" but i believe that ALL our emotion are just colors for the paintings of our lives. We are always in the "pursuit of happiness" and are often thought that anger and sadness are bad and should be avoided. If we never felt sadness how would we know what happiness was. If we never knew darkness we would not know light in the same way, we need contrast and opposites in order to have perspective.
So how do we allow our feeling and emotion to have their time and space with out judgment? I have found that remembering nothing is permanent helps.
As i went through my emotional waves i just kept telling my self; don't worry this even will pass. We can not get attached to our feelings, sadness or joy. The moment we become attached we are doomed for disappointment and self judgment. This rule goes for all emotions including joy and happiness.
I am learning to love all my emotions; to know that non of them are permanent the same way my life is not permanent. But i am finding that the only way to not be ruled by my emotions is to not take them personally and not get attached to them. They will come and go the same way the waves of the ocean flow. If we allow them to move without judgment we will see that they are our greatest teaches. We all have a Divine teacher within us but we don't always know how to listen. Be still and quite with your emotion and you will see they are just trying to show you a new direction.
If you do not have a good sense of self awareness and deep trust then your emotions will rule you. You will act and react to them, only causing more pain and suffering. Just be still with them, listen, allow and love them but don't do any thing, they will pass, you will see.
I could see my journey to India in so many different lights, but because of my practice and deepening of self i have the blessing to see the beauty in it and the amazing lesson Divine Mother wanted to share with me when i was here. Be still, don't react, love even the sadness because in that moment of pure love for all that IS Divine Grace will be there waiting for you and ready to help you through.
Remember your not alone and nothing is permanent!
Om Shanti, Love and Light from India!
