ConsciousCreation

There seems to be a constant tension in me between ‘dreams’ and ‘the now” – with setting my sights on what I want and don’t have and recognizing what I do have and the happiness it brings.  As with most things, I’ve come to realize that in the extreme lies the problem.  If I can’t or won’t recognize the beauty and goodness in the stream of life in which I presently stand,  I may find that I have slipped away, looking upstream into a past that I remember or have created OR looking downstream into a future that I hope or fear will be.  And if I have no vision or goal to which I aspire as I stand in the present stream, I may find that stream becoming stagnant and murky as the silt and debris catch on the jagged edges of my rocks and block the flow of fresh water.

What was it the Buddha said about the middle way?  Ah, yes, a string too tight will break and a string too loose will not play.  Goldilocks said, ‘this porridge too hot, this porridge too cold, this porridge, just right’!  And I’m sure that some chef somewhere has said, ‘too much seasoning, yuck; too little seasoning, blah; correct combination and amount of seasoning, perfect!’

So applying all that ‘sage’ advice to my dilemma, having no dream or vision, only the present moment, stagnation; having only dream or vision, with no present moment, frustration and anxiety for starters; holding a dream or vision as the light for the beauty and goodness of the present moment, priceless!!!