Pondering ....

I received the following in an email from a subscribed blog.  It was perfect for how I have been feeling the last few days.  And it would be perfect to bear this in mind consciously always.  Before I do something - anything! - I need to stop, think, and ask "why"?  It is always the motivation and intent behind every action which really brings either joy or pain.  I see that now.

Excerpt:

"Imagine someone on the other side of the street walking along chatting away to themselves saying things like “I need more, I need less, I want enlightenment, I hate this, I love that.” You are on your side of the street, just as a listener. You are just aware of that person. How and why should that person’s chatter effect you? Let them talk! They are free to complain and judge and desire. You don’t need to be phased by them. You are just aware of them, that’s it. Who cares?

Suffering comes the moment when you, for some reason, believe yourself to be that person on the other side of the street. With this absurd belief, their problems have become yours. Their desires and aversions have become yours. Give that person back their problems and return to your safe and peaceful place on your own side of the street. Return to awareness. Relax. Let the ego be on its side of the street. Just stop believing that you are the ego. You are just a listener."

I believe if I follow this, there will be very little to talk about or converse with anyone!! LOL! and yet, so much of Life is moving and happening in the universe despite the fact that there is a deep SILENCE present in Nature ... in the Cosmos ..... A benediction to The Creator, The Source of All That Is.

Blessings!