To walk a path

If the point in our journeys is to find ourselves in what we are told by others, then would our main goal always lay outside our grasp. Each individual enlightenment is about the process of learning how to enlighten yourself. Meaning it is not found in the words we have surrounding it, rather learning how to live our own process. If we are to place certain blocks in proportion to the blocks overcome by others we may find commonality not in what's overcome, but in the purpose of overcoming. However, we often don't address the purpose of our purpose. This means we often don't look through the lens of our own understanding long enough to truly understand what it is which guides us most vibrantly. Reflecting upon alignment, it's not about the idea of being in line at all, rather the act of trusting each step in the path to affirm that each step taken was the right one. Not to say all acts were right, but the mind uninvolved in the duality finds appreciation in the step itself regardless of its expression.

 In these times truth is not so much forced as it is continuously acknowledged. Instead of questioning the drama unfolding, use each occurrence as a building block to greater understanding of yourself and the path which you find yourself embarked. Our entire concept of “the way” makes the false implication that there is a specific way that an individual's path is supposed to unfold. As if we are supposed to find our answers not in the unknown but in our predictions for it. When we have no preference in how things ought to unfold we give ourselves a greater strength to be in the moment and to appreciate all that our lives provide us. Subtly giving ourselves what we need, not by active effort, but declaring that all we receive as sufficient enough to stand, and using our minds to build to greater height of being. We find that when we attempt to hold ourselves to grand idea we often cease to be able to truly be.

. Our journey isn't about becoming something, but learning how to be, and appreciating becoming more aware of that which you already are. For example, instead of trying to be a great ___, practicing being yourself with greatness as an aspect of who you are, not the label you hold. We should begin everything by just being ourselves. Holding ourselves to certain idealistic frameworks limits the vastness of our being and places us within a box of metered expression. There is no real objective in trying to find ourselves anywhere but where we stand. This means if we cannot find contentment in that which we are, then the act of becoming better cannot occur. If we learn to live from our present self and love it for what it is no matter what surrounds it, we will find our illumination.