Over the Moon

I had a dream last night. I dreamt that I died. It wasn't so bad to leap out of my current consciousness of existence and drift into one-ness. The feelings were quite amazing. I think that sleep is training us to accept death when we are at the gate to letting go permenantly of this cycle of birth. We cling on so much to life because of desires and fear of death. Think about it. Everything is like a wheel of fortune. It spins round and round. Things come and go. If we stand at the edge of the wheel we too go up and down and gripping on things that have past and hoping the next swing would turn out good.

On the other hand if we stand in the hub of the wheel, where stillness sets in between the spins, we find our balance. The core of our universe is in us if we stand still for just one second and think deep. The wheel can go round and round at various speeds but we are not bothered by it. We stand and watch in peace.

It's like marriage. Two people pledge their love, loyalty and the rest of their lives to each other. But it is not that she is married to him or he is married to her. They are married to marriage itself. There is no more I or Me. It has become We and Us. The unity of two to complete the circle. The one-ness. Marriage gives the couple stability, binding them to the ground. Just like a baseball player, unless his feet are planted firmly to the ground he won't be able to make a good hit at the target.

When we find and understand this stillness, we won't be blown away by winds of temptation. Very often marriage is looked upon as a social obligation and not something that goes beyond what meets the eye.

Kicking myself on the butt: Please don't expect too much. Things are meant to be the way they are and what's yours is yours. If it is not, be generous and let go.

Ciao!