Thursday Thoughts

Hari OM

It was interesting to watch the effect upon my thinking when I realised that there was no whisper coming through for Wednesday this week. 

First, there was a very slight shock. The inner ear is well-tuned, and it is hard to think when last there was such a blank. Even if there is no direct whisper, there is usually something in the week that can be picked up and scrutinised. Just not this week.

Then, it was a teeny, tiny morsel of panic that entered. I have an established blogging/writing routine, and it is rare indeed to drop any part of that. To have a blank post where one usually stands felt like a betrayal. Of whom or what? ...silly, but there it was.

Thus, thirdly, it was necessary to quickly get over myself. So there was nothing on offer for yesterday; the sky is still above, the ground below and the air to breathe remains between these two. Today has arrived as surely tomorrow will also, so a missing post has not caused the cogs of the universe to slip or jig. 

A few more minutes of pondering brought the thought and the reminder that all of this is my own creation. Therefore it is mine to alter and adapt as is my wont. 

Everything is fluid. When we get attached to routine, just as when we attach to our ego, we become lost in our own creation and breakdowns in those things cause us to feel broken also. None of this matters.

Indeed, Advaita teaches us that matter itself doesn't matter; all this is That... and in That, there is nothing missing.