The truth is simple, and the living of it will make you laugh. If it’s not simple, it’s simply not the truth.
What I love about the meditation practice I practice - The Bright Path Ishayas' Ascension - is that it is the most simple thing I know, and it isn’t serious at all. The living of truth is a serious business, yet anytime I get serious, there is no truth.
Every holy woman and man I have ever met have been remarkable in the amount of joy they exude. Even when talking about the most serious of topics, the lightness of their being infuses every moment.
No one who has a full and rich experience of inner peace takes themselves seriously for a second.
It’s funny how I thought in order to be free, it involved some complicated knowledge, the gaining of which was a serious pursuit. I remember when I met my first Ishayas. I was wondering about their integrity because they seemed so simple, so innocent. “What could they teach me?” I thought. It turned out to be a lot.
Seriousness and lack of simplicity has become a really good indicator of where I’m off, where I’m complicating things.
It is very very simple just to stop, be aware and sink into this moment. How wonderful is it to know that is all peace requires? It makes any hard work and struggling to seriously attain something just a little bit funny.
How wonderful is it that life can be this simple? How wonderful that experiencing peace in this moment is this simple?