MOMENTS

Have you ever had one of those moments when you just KNOW you have to do something?

I get them all the time.

I have to call my daughter-- only to find she is hurting

I have to go to THIS store right now--only to find the very last one of the item I need.

I have to click on an obscure ad on Facebook to take some quiz

That leads to a free 2-hour video

That makes too much sense to ignore,

That gives me a huge incentive to take a course,

Where I find a daily meditation I faithfully do,

Which is followed by a discussion group

--That I don’t join for a month,

Which just happens to be on the day the mentor appears to speak of

A live workshop that has never been done before,

That I KNOW I have to take at this time,

That just ends up changing my life.

You know?

That kind of thing.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you know life will never be the same again?

Not just times like 9/11

Or #MeToo

Or COVID

Or George Floyd, #BLM

But a small, infinitesimal whisper

That creates stabbing pains, illuminates fears,

Thrusts you face first into the looking glass

And through it

To shatter the illusion you’ve created of yourself,

Leaving you with a million useless pieces of glitter

Reflecting a light you’ve never truly seen;

And silencing a created facade

In favor of an ultimate Truth.

You know?

That kind of thing.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you experience the reality of You?

Oh, it may not stay long

But in that millisecond of a

Flash of light, sound, taste, smell, body-expanding

To be the All

You suddenly “get it.”

You feel the sound of the construction truck

(which previously had made you cringe)

And you dance with it.

You feel the outer limits of your sight

And light and shadow tickle creation.

You feel the smells of a rainstorm

In the mountains of Oregon while you sit at your desk in New Jersey

You feel the tastes of today, and yesterday, and …

Is that tomorrow?

You feel the intrinsic harmony of a world immersed in chaos.

And you are of it and simply, IT.

And pain disperses with a yawn

And the games you’ve played

And the roles you’ve walked

And the masks that have grown comfortable

Dissolve into a universal void

That welcomes the true seeker to

Communion.

It knocks you out of the ego-pond into an

Ocean of joy, play, wonder...

And in that state you find

No ‘other” No “I”

No separation

No time No place

No expectiation

A state of pure

Awareness…

Well then...

You know that kind of thing.

And life can never be the same.

Because you know

In that Moment

The reality of You

Is NOW.