How did you get here?

How did you find yourself here? When did you realize you were a human being living in this current state of existence? As I think of my own answers to this question I am led down a path of existentialist thinking. What I land on is that our lives may not always seem as grandiose or underwhelming as certain feelings would like to make it. Life can be a natural flow from one moment to the next. Not needing to know exactly what comes next requires a trust in life or simply a trust in your own internal compass. Think of the playground. As a child, you get to the playground, scope out the land or dart straight to what catches your eye, and you live for as long as you can going through the tunnels, over the bridges, down the slides, digging in sand etc. You may meet new friends or you may already be joined by friends. You witness the sky, the sunlight, trees, surrounding sounds of birds, people talking, babies crying and so on. Maybe at first you couldn’t get across all the monkey bars but with consistency and determination one day you make it across. You may never be able to do so or simply don’t want to because there are other things you enjoy. What I'm getting at is that no one really needed to show you how to go about the playground per se. But given what was in front of you, there was a flow you entered and hopefully were able to enjoy. To that point, as you grow and continue to come back to the playground you begin to have your favorite things to experience, some you don't particularly like and others you grow to like over time. 

Life is similar to that experience. We arrive here, someway or another, we are given space to move about, circumstances to navigate and experiences to swing through. Given how we accept those circumstances or not dictates the level of existence. I'm even willing to consider any societal constructs in that equation as well. It’s clear we do not all start at the same place while here on Earth. However, no matter what we have materially or anything of that sort, happiness, peace, loving connections and a clear state of mind are accessible to everyone despite circumstance. It is how we choose to receive it or whether or not we do. Our lives are reflective of what we connect to. There is an internal GPS that can guide us as we moveabout. As we listen, as we honor our truth– life gets infinitely better and more expansive. 

So it’s never totally about the things outside of our control but what lives completely within it. Birds fly everyday despite the weather and they don't seem to think too much about doing so. All the existential questions, worry or dread that can arise is simply coming up to be released. Find ways to connect to your internal compass. That place of knowing. The tune that is precisely yours. It exists because you do. It exists because it must. It exists because that is all it knows. 

Any questions we may have about our lives or problems that occur can be solved by doing this. Going out in nature, getting acquainted with your natural rhythm and following the intuitive feeling that arises. You are safe. Trust it. 

I’ll end this here but will share some words that came to me recently…. “All that I need is everything I am. And everything I am is all that I need

-BLACK YOGINI-