' The simplicity of ‘This’ ...

In the search for something more than this moment, the simplicity of ‘This’ is missed completely. Look around. Sense the being—the felt oneness with life. Thoughts may be happening. Perhaps a feeling of anxiety briefly arises and falls in awareness as you read this reflection. Maybe there is the sound of a dog barking, a clock ticking, or a child laughing in the other room. That is all that is happening. Isn’t it beautifully simple? Spiritual awakening is that simple. It is to realize ‘This’ fully and to allow the search for something more than ‘This’ to die naturally in that seeing.

Isn’t the search for something more a dream of thought arising now? Can you grab the future and control it from where you are sitting now? You cannot touch the future because it is nothing more than presently arising thought. When this is seen fully, the search is seen to be an illusion.

How can you need something other than ‘This?’ ‘This’ is precious. ‘This’ is all there is. Spiritual awakening is about the truth. The truth is that ‘This’ is life, happening now. ‘This’ is it. It is that simple. ‘This’ is when whatever is presently happening—whether it is the sound of dishes being washed or a plane flying over heard—is the most fascinating thing because it is all that is happening. It is truth.



-Kiloby, Scott. Reflections of the One Life: Daily Pointers to Enlightenment