Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries. -- Corita Kent

Yesterday a friend reminded me that several weeks ago when I was experiencing a wonderful time in my life, she had told me to enjoy the moment because this was subject to change.  I did enjoy the moments and it did change.  I told her about the change that had happened and she reminded me that this was part of my life.  I had to accept the changes both happy and sad and learn how to embrace each side of the spectrum with strength.  

We all want the good times to last forever.  We are saddened when something happens to cause the fun and laugher to disappear and the gloom to move in like a grey morning mist.  There is a sudden feeling of never wanting to trust the good times again and to always stay on guard.  However this stance will only serve to let the good moments be lost.  We need to enjoy the moment, not get attached to it, and be willing to graciously let it go when it must depart. 
An example would be loving moments.  We all have known those loving moments in a relationship.  These are times when you are happy, warm, and loving.  Life seems to be ideal.  We laugh a lot and play a lot.  Then suddenly something happens to take us out of the loving place and into an argument.  The argument leads to distance and the distance leads to loneliness and sadness.  We miss the moment of joy.  If we stay here we miss the next possible moment which could be loving and warm.  This perhaps brings us around to forgiveness and letting go.  If we hang onto resentment and fear all the moments of our lives become miserable.

Detachment is a yoga terms that simply means to be in a neutral place about all things that come into your life.  Never be so attached to something that you can not let it go.  This attachment creates fear, emotional disturbances, stress, and ill health.  Detachment means that we are willing to let go of anything that comes into our lives.  That means even the good things that we want to hang onto we let go.  This is very difficult for most of us.  We all want to hang onto the good times and often are very disappointment when they depart.  Yoga would have us appreciate the good times, simply allow them to leave, and appreciate all aspects of the experience of living a full and complete life.

The truth like all emotions can not be intellectualized but must be lived.  This means that for us to understand the opposites of life (the yin and the yang) we must be willing to live all of life.  Experiences are the fodder that brings wisdom into our lives.

So if there is something we should all learn to embrace it is the ability to detach and let go when people, places, and things must depart.  But more important each and every moment should be lived and experienced as the wonder and joy of your life. The sole purpose of yoga (if there is one) is the attainment of wisdom and wisdom can only be achieved through living a conscious life.

So as the moments trickle into your life embrace them with love and watch the next moment unfold with joy and you will move beyond the boundaries of your everyday existence.

Doctor Lynn
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