Go Where Your Spirit Flows

Most of have heard of the saying "go with the flow." Yet few of us practice this in our daily lives. We spend most of our lives chasing our dreams and trying to force things to happen that just weren't meant to be. This leads to suffering. If we would just take a few minutes each day to quiet our minds through meditation, then we would be more aware of where our spirit is guiding us. We all possess within us the true knowledge of how to allow our life to flow instead of getting caught up in "doing."

One way to do this is to just look at animals and small children. They intuitively see life as a joyful expression of just being. This is an awareness that we are all born with it. Unfortunately, we gradually lose sight of this as we get older and we make life more complicated by shifting our attention to the expectations of society and then we burden ourselves by equating our worth things like the amount of money we make, the size of our home, the kind of car we drive and so on. None of this matters spiritually speaking. Yet we stress and strain ourselves to achieve to proves to ourselves and others that we matter.

Again we can return to our natural state of being by observing animals and small children, especially babies. Their minds are pure. Their happiness doesn’t depend on any event or circumstance. They are joyful for just being. I have a beautiful four month daughter. Sometimes she will wake up around two in the morning kicking and gurgling with such joy. It absolutely amazes me. There she is in the crib in the dark enjoying herself with a sense of inner happiness that is not dependent on anything or anyone. We all have a place of peace and joy within our inner core. The problem is we are not always aware of it because of all the constant noise and chatter of our daily lives. That’s why it’s so important to observe nature and small children and meditate.