We all know that holding on to disagreeable or negative thoughts and emotions fires-up the nervous system, causing stress and ‘dis-ease’ that can negatively impact our lives. So to let go of what doesn’t serve is both a matter of worldly practicality as well as opening us to a heightened awareness of the spaciousness of our being.
The ‘great play’ of humanity (the battle between the forces of dark and light) has been going on for aeons of time. And it is easy to feel weighted down, carrying the burdens of human suffering, both personally and collectively.
We could say that our challenge is to make time to not know what it all means. In other words, to decline to engage the mind and simply be aware, allowing our attention to drop back to the light of Being — again and again.
Then even with an aging body and uncertain future there is a contentment, a peace, a lightness of spirit and one can be carried on the currents of love.