Up until fairly recently, I went through most of my life thinking about what I thought the world owed me and what I could get from it. Then a transformation began, one which is very much still playing out - evolving, and I experienced something of a shift in perspective. Without giving it much thought, my natural inclination has been to consider what I owe the world and what I can give it - as it has given me everything and always does. I have noticed that I don't have much time to entertain anxiety or depression while in that state.
I think about what my twenties and thirties would have been like had I known then what I know now, and I laugh. All of the confusion and soul searching and wild reckless foolishness of that time has brought me here - and I wouldn't change a thing. Playing hide and go seek with itself has its value, until the day that it loses its value. And so much suffering falls away as one no longer sees a value in that suffering anymore. The recognition, not just as an intellectual concept but to really see that I am the world - and you are the world - this changes absolutely everything. The part is not separate from the whole, so whatever challenges I may be faced with are never too much in the broader scheme of things. Nearly every problem I have ever experienced has existed only within the scope of my perception - nowhere else was it real. Inside of all things there is a STILLNESS that animates everything. I am That. You are That. We are That. And That is all that is. Peace ॐ
Eric Allen Bell
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