Today I danced to this teaching. It was a most ecstatic dance! “The flow of time” carried my body, heart, and mind to the rhythm of the beautiful, live music. I was able to totally lose myself in each moment, regardless of what anyone might think of my movements. The focus on
flow kept me centered.
Washington, United States
Flow is a word that, to me, connotes continuity, ease, and effortlessness. With flow, I am not exerting effort because the action is coming from my center and not from being a “doer,” even though I am the one making the effort to connect with my center.
I have been contemplating this while doing rigorous workouts on my swim team. Not only am I using my core, but I am visualizing the blue light of consciousness as the source of my action. I have the feeling that time is on my side, that connecting with my divinity puts me in sync with grace. I swim with less concern for the clock and with more focus on my Self as the effortless doer.
When I remember to approach time from my center—the place where I become established in my worthiness and my true identity—time flows. And I flow more easefully in the water.
California, United States
Time seems like a river that runs through my life. I can watch the river from the bank. I can put my canoe in the river and row upstream as hard as I can, looking for something I cannot find. I can put my raft in the river, equipped with all I need to flow along with time, and discover what the river holds for me.
I find I cannot push the river in any way; it carries me on and, although I can stop along the way, the river keeps moving regardless of my protesting demand to stop here or there for a while. Interestingly, the raft might move into a quiet spot, like meditation, where time seems to slow down, and then I swirl out into the river again into what seems like a freeway of boats—all maneuvering and going this way and that.
“The flow of time” can bring me anything. To me the question is, “What do I do with what it brings?”
California, United States
I am so grateful and happy to see two red-colored hearts in the border around this teaching. Yesterday I noticed my awareness was returning many times to the single red heart in the border for that day’s teaching, and was keeping me connected with the space of poise within. I am very excited to start the day with two hearts today!
Thane, India
Time flows for me when I live in my heart. Then I feel at one with the Self, humanity, and nature. Any friction I might sense in the moment dissolves into a sense of freedom. This fills me with contentment, and with gratitude for Gurumayi, our lineage, the sangham, and the practices.
California, United States