DRUNK ON LIFE: APPRECIATING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU

APRIL 29TH, 2009:  I called today’s class DRUNK ON LIFE.  What I mean is “How do we stop trying so hard to control all outcomes and instead appreciate what life is offering.”  To be honest I have not been intoxicated on any sort of external substance for fifteen years.  When I started my spiritual practice I didn’t want it or need other stuff.  Don’t get me wrong, do I enjoy a chilly corona or nice glass of wine? Absolutely! But it means on occasion with awareness.

I don’t need anything more than being high on self-love to feel drunk on life.  Love is my drug.  

Is it easy to continuously self-generate love in what is an often chaotic sometimes mean world?  No it’s not really. But we must.  We have a choice: we can choose hate or we can choose love; we can choose anxiety or we can choose peace; we can deny happiness or we can choose to be happy; we can choose 4 beers or we can choose 1.  We can choose to be drunk on life or give up on seeing ourselves deserving of love.  We can choose to say "ok" is enough or we can choose to say YES! to life.

How do we do this?  Yup that’s always the question right.  Well as Rumi writes, “Sit be still and listen because your drunk.”  We come to the mat to remember to remember we are responsible for loving ourselves first and foremost.  The practice reminds us that we are already DRUNK, we have this amazing potential to be happy every single moment.  We can be in love with life drunk on our human experience WITHOUT external stimulants.  And when we send this message of love to the universe -- it answers back.  It's so simple:  Love life and Life will love you back!  So please join me tonight at 6:15pm.  Let’s get drunk together J  Love your day, Silvia

 
4/29/2009   Tags:  LOVE, Love is My Drug, SELF-LOVE, rumi, AWARENESS, WAKE-UP, HAPPINESS Direct Link

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