"We look to everything in life to make us happy, not realizing that happiness is actually at our very core. It's natural to our being. There's no way to become happy. We simply need to stop doing the things that make us unhappy." (Falling into Grace, p. 41)
Some of the things that we do that make us unhappy include making demands of ourselves or others or life.
"When we insist that the things, people, and events around us change so that we can be happy, we're actually denying something very deep within us. We're denying the truth of who we are...and the truth of each other." (Falling into Grace, p. 41).
Lately I have begun to accept on a deeper level that there is a very precious being inside of me that is expressing itself as me (and as you!). I recognize that we sometimes want others to love, accept, approve of us so that we don't have to do that for ourselves. If I only feel good about myself when I am feeling loved and accepted by the people in my life, than I am not loving myself. If I only feel good about myself when I "do a good job" than I am not accepting the truth of who I am.
The truth is that we are all One...uniquely expressing the love, joy, peace, creativity of God.
I recently attended a workshop with Adyashanti. He spoke about Jesus and the Christmas story. Adya said that both Jesus the human man (who got angry, upset...) and Christ (the embodied Son of God) live in each of us. Christmas symbolizes the coming-forth of the indwelling Christ in us. Staying present with what is True for you in each moment is a way to access the Christ within. He described this spiritual path as aligning oneself with one's authentic experience in each moment with an open heart and mind in order to allow Spirit to guide you.
May your in-dwelling Christ come forth this Christmas season.
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