The Little that Matters the Most

Dear ones, firstly - thanks for the comments to last week's post  :)  We're all in this together; we're not as alone as we think we are - and in the pressure cooker of life on planet Earth at this time, it ain't always easy, but the opportunities abound!  The more difficult, the more it's clear: there's only one place to be - in the tiny little bit that actually matters the most.

In last night's meeting, John spoke of what is quietly realized when you go to your "last hour death bed" - when everything else is almost gone and your perspective changes, making it easy to realize what really matters:

"What you quietly realize there

tells you how to live

and what to live for."

He went on to say how, in your last hour death bed, it won't matter much to you what you've done with your life and your self, that:'

"What will matter to you

is what you've done with your heart."

In contrast to what the patterns in the self and this world tells us, what actually matters the most is that openness and softness of heart, in the midst of anything and everything in life.

"When you realize

that you're about to die

and that it is absolutely not within your control,

the only real response 

is that of openness and softness of heart.

That means that there is - so deeply - no problem

- there's no issue."

That kind of honesty shows us that in truth, deeper within than our accustomed self and any pattern, there is no issue worth hardening and closing in our hearts over - and that we have the ability to remain open, to soften and to let go of that which we are making so important.  The simple truth is that it never is more important than having a beautiful heart.

"Openness and softness doesn't hold

- it is in clear, clean response

to what it Knows."

It's not how we've been programmed and it's not what surrounds us in our living - but it's the truth we know when we allow ourselves to become gentled and quieted within.  That most lovely little bit, that seems like nothing in the face of horrible thoughts and strong negative feelings is, at the end of the day (and your life), simply all that really matters.  

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti