Are you in a place now where you want to see some changes in your life? Perhaps you want to get in a new exercise program and lose some weight, upgrade your job or career, or restore a broken relationship. Or maybe your feeling some serious concern about the state or direction of the world. global warming, environmental devastation, terrorism, international crises and tensions that could so easily escalate or explode, and you want to do something to change it all.
The desire for change, in ourselves and our world, begins with dissatisfaction about the way things are—a sense that something is wrong or could be better—that the life I am living now is not the life I was meant to live. Maybe what we want is not so much to change, but to realize who we are deep inside, to grow into our true selves, to know ourselves more deeply. Maybe we want to fill a void we sense in our life, as if something real is missing or as if there is a hole in our soul.
It’s only when we go deep down into the very basis of reality, the silent foundation of life, however, that we attain the power and wisdom to create the changes we desire, not only in our individual life, but also in the world. By becoming awakened to what is boundless and unchanging, I found that changes became more natural and easier to produce. Realizing that I was timeless and changeless gave me a place to stand and a kind of leverage.
It is like taking off tinted glasses you’ve been wearing for so long that you’ve forgotten you were wearing them. With the realization of your true self, you become able to see clearly, and to choose which glasses you want to wear and the colors you want to see, while maintaining awareness of the changeless pure light shining through the diverse colors. You become able to create meaning and value and life. The once-gray world starts shining with vibrant energy, and your life is filled with meaning, purpose, and joy.