A digest for conscious living
I had a long meditation this morning, but missed my yoga practice because of a lack of time and planning.
The model of Lucid Living, or any other map which one might use in an attempt to explain and navigate the experience of existence is just that- a model. Every religion, dogma, philosophy, or scientific explanation, from Christianity to The New Age extra terrestrial theory is a tool; a compass designed to help the user decipher the best path to travel to reach the desired destination in this infinite dreamscape called life.
No matter how sophisticated, advanced, or scholarly, all theories and explanations, if they are effective, eventually lead to the same place- mystery. The journey from my empirical observation of the Universe I live in, through the filters of my subjective perception, and down the endless corridors of my subconscious always leads to what Lao-Tzu calls “Darkness within Darkness”.
It is not to say because of this that all these models or maps showing the way to Truth are inaccurate- quite the opposite. They are invaluable in guiding us and teaching us the lessons that need to be learned in order to gain our bearings in this otherwise overwhelming vastness of possibility. Sometimes I must confront the apparent dead end of enigma over and over before I realize that it is not the map or the compass, but my expectations about my destination that have been inaccurate. It is the moment when I look into the mystery again, this time more deeply, that my eyes widen and a wave crashes as I realize that it has been all around me all along- I never really left home at all.