Ernie Thayer

Oh, the joy of being in a state where one can see comparisons and judgments as they arise and to leave them alone, where one can see the mind moving in its self-created time, conjuring up all sorts of futures, and to leave them be. I’m blessed when I am in such a state and can see my self-images thwarted and not be in the pain of believing in them. And so to just be in the living present, at ease, alert, alive, sensitive to every nuance of sensation, movement and sound. Nobody in particular, no agenda for how life should go. It is so simple once experienced. All else is left as almost unimportant or irrelevant to the immensity of life experienced in this way.

I wish I could convey how lovely this is. Life is immediate compared to life in time, with all the attendant worry and stress, or worse. There is no strain, no anxiety, no fear. The heart is full, overwhelmed, often spilling into tears. This is our birthright – to live with the unknown of the new that is alive in the moment. This has been stolen from us by over-valuing what is already known and trying to meet the new with the old.