Simplicity

"No other life form on the planet knows negativity, only humans,
 just as no other life form violates and poisons the Earth that sustains it."                                                                                                                                         
                                                                   'The Power of Now'  Eckhart Tolle

Isn't it fascinating that depression and disillusionment are a condition unique to mankind?

Have we ever noticed a plant or a wild animal being stressed about how things are on the planet? Have we ever seen a rose that is dissatisfied with its colour or hue? Have we ever met a frog that wishes it were a prince? What about a tiger with self-esteem issues or a bitter and angry butterfly?

We really should learn from nature. Nature just is. Nature doesn't question why. Nature has a natural simplicity and acceptance, just allowing what happens to happen without judgement and scrutiny.

All life forms are born, live for a period of time and die. There is a natural rhythm which we don't see the animals and plants resisting. Why do we humans think and act differently?

Why do we complicate our lives with what we will wear, eat, do, how we will live and with whom, whether we are aging appropriately, etc?

Because we deem ourselves to be separate, separate from all life forms and creation. We have bought into the deception of our ego that we are alone, that we are not good enough, we are not complete. In fact some of us even buy into the belief that we are separate: I and me. I am my own best friend. I am separate from my mind, separate from my body. We create duality and division within ourselves. How often do we observe people who are at war with themselves over weight or addictions or with guilt or self recriminations?

Actually, we just need to BE ourselves. We need to stop trying to be anyone else. We need to stop trying to become anything (in the future) and just be (in the present). We need to stop fighting the flow and the dance of the universe and just go with it.

When the me and myself merge into 'one', we can stop judging ourselves. We will not love ourselves or hate ourselves, we will not feel sorry for ourselves or feel proud of ourselves. We will just be. We will be at ease with ourselves when we are alone. We will not seek out a person or a relationship to cover up our unease.

When we can lose our identity with self, we will no longer discover our short comings in our relationships and blame our partners for what essentially is our lack.

When we give up our relationship with ourselves, all our other relationships will become love relationships.

It says somewhere in the Old Testament: "I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after the wind". Well, if we can reach this point, we are one step away from insanity and one step away from enlightenment. Then we are without judgement and we are balanced.

Life's simple. It's just us humans who complicate it.

It's simple. Just be!

with love
Nicolette