Many people have asked me how I have achieved this state of calm and peace. When I am asked this question I get the impression that what I am really being asked is “How can I have it too? Show me the way.” Everyone can have it, but the important thing to know is that it is not the destination that is important but all the steps along the way. We have heard many times that it is not the destination that is important but the journey. This is so true, but the problem is that we live in a world that has become used to quick and easy gratification, so we lose sight of the journey and only see what we want to achieve at the end of it. We are in a hurry to get to the destination but forget to take time to look and enjoy the scenery along the way. Each and every road has its charm and lessons; no one road is the correct road for all. If we do not have fun and enjoy each part of the path how can we then expect to enjoy the destination? We wait for enlightenment or spiritual revelations thinking that this is all there is. This is a destination, but why wait? You can have all of it NOW. Lighten up, enjoy where you are NOW by taking your eyes off the destination, stop labelling and qualifying each moment just enjoy them. Stop questioning and wait in the moment. When you release all expectations, all questioning of what is right and wrong and trying to judge your progress based on the world around you, you lose sight of what is important; the NOW. When all the questions and labels are released you will find the great peace and calm that comes from just Being.
Can you imagine not questioning and only waiting in awareness? I have no questions. I merely enjoy the moment and wait in an awareness of all. I have no predetermined destination or expectations. I do not demand to know or judge or qualify the moment. I am a dolphin swimming with ease and fluidity in the presence of the wonderment of all each and every day.
The enjoyment of the moment also comes from reaching a point in my life where I have stopped counting the steps and the extra-ordinary moments. When one comes to the moments when one realises that magic and miracles happen all the time, every day, and they are just a part of the greater knowing, one has arrived. No longer do I feel the need to count and record all these special times. They just are! They are part of me and part of my every day life! They happen all the time, in ways large and small. All that I do now is give thanks to the Creator and enjoy.
I do not need to know why and where and when. I am happy with the knowledge that I know all and yet know nothing. I know that Now at this Moment everything is Perfect! There is nothing else. Enjoy and be happy with the journey! Take your eyes off the destination and see the miracles all around you each day! I know that when you do this you will realise how blessed you are and see that you have achieved enlightenment in the NOW.
Love and blessings,
Wawa Quilla
Jan 2006
