This is a Disjointed Universe
Meditation can help us organize ourselves in it
We live disjointedly in a universe without order. There is reason to be concerned about this, and this is why we seek religious leaders, politicians, our fathers, mothers, trusted speakers, writers, or neighbors to help us organize our minds so that from out of this shadow of a doubt we can find the light.
That’s the best I can do. It’s a simple sentence, but there is a lot of powerful emotion tied up in this. Shadows are lurking everywhere, and behind these shadows lie an unknown. We don’t want unknowns. Our minds aren’t capable of trusting an unknown universe, but this is what we are faced with day after day. Our unknown universe, our lives, the people we encounter, and our relationships are all uncertain pieces of an uncertain existence.
This is my truth: The shadow exists. I live knowing that I don’t know. I don’t know what is right or wrong, or what will get accomplished, or discarded. And if I don’t know, I certainly can’t give you the answers you seek. I can pretend to have answers as to why the laws of the universe tell us in no uncertain terms that there will be shadow, and that there will be light, but I can’t guarantee you that the light will prevail. I want to believe in goodness and light and happy endings, but the universe and all beings are subjected to darkness just as we are offered the light.
Darkness will win, unless you are a big believer in the spiritual truth that the light prevails, of which of course, I am, so rather than “think” that darkness is bad and that light is, therefore, “good” I try and think in terms of this universal existence as a co-existence. I am co-existing in light and shadow. One is not bad. The other is not some heavenly reward.
By not separating good from bad, or dark from light, as the mind wants to do, but rather accepting the good with the bad, and the dark with the light, we can co-exist in balance with all that is. Bad is bad when our minds prevail. Good can therefore be good when our minds prevail. But my bad is not your bad and my good will not always be yours.
The truth is never a constant. Your shadow may haunt me. My light might blind you. Let’s agree to disagree that if light and dark must co-exist, then can we?
Meditation helps me find the balance I seek. By going to a place where these universal “truths” are discarded as our mind’s folly, I am beginning to understand just how patient and understanding one has to be to become spiritually attuned with a higher consciousness. I will take these meditations, organize them, and share them with you as my gift. We’re co-existing in a disjointed universe and we have a lot to learn.
