A PEACED MIND THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME

Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time....  --Meister Eckhart

Now. We live Now and only Now...whether we realize it or not. 

Knowing from our eyebrows up that we live in the Now often feels like useless information, but it is not. It is akin to kiddiegarten for spiritual growth. We hear it, we get it, we do not do it...because how?

A reminder here of the old but ever-practical joke questioning how one gets to Carnegie Hall...the answer, practice, practice, practice. In general, the same goes for learning to live in the Now. Learn, learn deeper, learn deeper higher, repeat. Repeatedly. 

My take on Meister Eckhart's "Time is the greatest obstacle to God" is that time invites us to rue the past or dread the future yet rarely stand silently in the Now. To be thought-free in the moment is of God. 

We pray for our dear one's future, our own financial upturn, our pet's long-term recovery...and there is nothing wrong with that if it peaces our mind. Trouble is it does not bring lasting peace...we're left feeling unfulfilled, disgruntled, alone and so lonely. Blaming God.

Meister Eckhart gave us what to my mind is the perfect prayer: If the only prayer you ever say in your lifetime is 'thank you' that would suffice. 

From my own experience I know that praying thank you for my dear one's future, my own financial upturn, my pet's recovery did not bring answered prayer as I perceived it. It did, however, bring me timely peace of mind.

I was gifted with that which I'd longed for since before I knew I needed it...a peaced mind. I have lived with a peaced mind the majority of the time ever since. I return there as needed. 

Thank you.