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Daily Question, January 8

What reminds me of the miracle of simply existing?

  • Patricia

    Yesterday, it was my 5 year old granddaughter, with her energy, her delight in cutting paper and taping it together in different patterns, her chatter as she worked, narrating her imaginary stories. So “in the moment” where I want to be more often. Here. Just here – and delighted to be!

  • Kevin

    I am reminded of the gift of simply existing when sitting quietly, motionless, along the ocean’s shoreline. There, eyes scanning, life abounds in shapes and sizes, feathered, flying above, shelled and barely moving below, as the chorus of pebbles and sand ripples to-and-fro with every crash of life giving surf. There, sitting, not talking, taking in I shrink and take my tiny place among the massive miracle about.

  • Butterfly

    When I breathe mindfully and remember to simply Be.

  • Mary Pat

    Connecting to my body.

  • Christine

    My feelings help me remember that I exist. Mourning, sadness, longing, pain of letting go, enormous love that burns in my heart.
    I believe this has been my mood for the past few days. I know I will soon be in a good mood again. And then other feelings play a role, such as joy, love, seeing beauty, experiencing harmony.

  • MEG

    Sacredness of Life itself. Breathing. Heart beating. Awareness of Being. Presence.

  • Karolina

    Until I began meditating and following spiritual teachers like Tara Brach, Adyashanti and Joel S. Goldsmith I was not fully aware of my existence, strange as that may seem, I was unconscious spiritually. Now I see that to inhabit a body that came from a body that came from a body, back in time to the beginning is astonishing, miraculous.

    • Mica

      Adyashanti! I first met him in Santa Barbara where he was giving a weekend workshop, hours after giving away my beloved dog because I would be moving across the country.

      • Karolina
        He's still one of my favorite teachers. He's taking a year's sabbatical at the moment and his lovely wife, Mukti as head teacher is leading their Sunday morning gatherings which are wonderful. Go to Open Gate Sangha for more info. Parting from a beloved pet is SO hard, and sometimes necessary. When I was a teen we moved to a new home where pets were not allowed so my parents' solution was for me to take her to the vet and have her put to sleep ! We never discussed the pain it caused, "just ...

        He’s still one of my favorite teachers. He’s taking a year’s sabbatical at the moment and his lovely wife, Mukti as head teacher is leading their Sunday morning gatherings which are wonderful. Go to Open Gate Sangha for more info. Parting from a beloved pet is SO hard, and sometimes necessary. When I was a teen we moved to a new home where pets were not allowed so my parents’ solution was for me to take her to the vet and have her put to sleep ! We never discussed the pain it caused, “just get over it, it’s only a dog” was the message. I’ve since come to terms with my beloved parents’ unskillful parenting efforts because I always sensed they loved me despite blunders. I’ve blundered in my own parenting, most parents do. When I first heard an Adya tape my heart opened and said “yes” this is a good path. How about you?

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        • Mica
          I was a young teen, Karolina, when our dog Cinder got sick and was taken to the vet. She never came home. She had kidney disease from too much canned dog food, as I recall. I remember the event but not my feelings. I don't remember her having any symptoms of illness. Yes, Adya has been a dear spiritual teacher for me since '04. My dog Girl, of the Adya connection, died on the freeway, having escaped her new home during a big storm. For a year or 2, I visited her where her 'parents' worked, when ...

          I was a young teen, Karolina, when our dog Cinder got sick and was taken to the vet. She never came home. She had kidney disease from too much canned dog food, as I recall. I remember the event but not my feelings. I don’t remember her having any symptoms of illness. Yes, Adya has been a dear spiritual teacher for me since ’04. My dog Girl, of the Adya connection, died on the freeway, having escaped her new home during a big storm. For a year or 2, I visited her where her ‘parents’ worked, when I came home for a few days every month. One January I called, and Irene said, “Didn’t Roger tell you?” I remember well the pain I felt that time! Roger had been out of the country, and he was the one who had chosen to adopt Girl for himself and his young kids. Warm wishes to you, Karolina –

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