The summer trip we’ve been planning for years. The cancelled flights that send us home. The vibrancy of good health. The flu that has us bedridden. The feeling of finding out we got the promotion. The foreclosure on our house and ensuing bankruptcy. The moment of seeing our newborn for the first time. Attending the funeral of a loved one. The easy life of the retirement years we worked so hard for. The ailment that keeps us from doing what we want to do. That fresh, new car smell. The car that is in the shop every other week. The beginning of a new series. The end of that same series. March Madness. April Sadness. The time we sit down to a fine meal. The moment we sit down somewhere else after processing that meal. The first day with our new puppy. The last moments with our beloved pet. Spring flowers. Fall leaves. Summer green. Winter white. Sunrise. Sunset. Full moon. New moon. Waxing Moon. Waning Moon. Morning. Evening. Day. Night. Noon. Midnight. Inhaling. Exhaling.Every “thing” that comes, goes.
But who is it that things come and go “in” and “through” and “to” and “by”?
Who is it noticing the comings and goings?
Who is the subject noticing the objects?
What is that “Who” like?
Where is that “Who”?
Who is that “Who”?
When is that “Who”?
Who are we? Really?
Where do the comings and goings point us toward?
Who do they point us toward?
What do they point us toward?
Who is watching it all?
Do we know who?
What are we like? The part of us in which things ebb and flow.
Who “is” you?
What “is” you like?
Who are we apart from the clinging and attaching, the looking forward to the next thing, the pushing the unwanted thing away?
What does not ebb and flow?
What did we know that we have forgotten?
Where is peace? Unshakeable peace?
Rest? Complete rest?
Love? Unconditional love?
Joy? Indescribable joy?
Awareness? Loving awareness?
Do you know?
How do you know?
Where do you know it?
What is this knowing like?
What is it like to sit with these questions and wonder?
Who is sitting with these questions?
What is it like to just be with the comings and goings?
What can we release?
What can we relax into?
How can we notice what we’re holding?
How can we notice what we’re avoiding?
How can we be with life as it is, as we are?
Peace
