Finding Clarity

Out beyond ideas
of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field.

I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down
in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.

Ideas, language
- even the phrase "each other" -
do not make any sense. 

Rumi

This was one of my favorite quotes and I often included it in my correspondence hoping to "force" the issue of giving up judgement and coming to an understanding of "I'm Okay. You're Okay." It was my seasonal practice to tout my clarity of mind - "Yeah, I know you don't like/approve/accept me/my life/my choice, but come on, get over it." This worked, in my mind, until a friend shared...

My job is to be in the field (beyond wrongdoing and rightdoing). To be there, waiting. It is not my place to dictate when others arrive, if they arrive. If I keep putting out that I will meet them in that field, it stands to reason that I get there.  

The only way to stand in that field of clarity is to let go. I must let go of my scenario of past events. I must deny the ego's grasp on our version of events, knowing that holding on to how I see things merely feeds my justification for being hurt or resentful. As I focus my energies in the present moment, I commit to healing whatever happened before and reconciling my relationships in love.

There is therefore, now, no separation.

Separation is the illusion.

Only Love is real.

Bright blessings.