Grace 4: The Longest Run

“Everyone defends his treasure, and will do so automatically. The real questions are, what do you treasure, and how much do you treasure it?" - A Course In Miracles

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The Longest Run

What is it that you’re running from?

Your heart races,

A frantic pace.

Your steps follow

In a steady time.

Your head is clear.

No feeling near.

Eyes focused on

A distant line.

What happens when you reach the end?

Are you better for

The time you spent

Pounding the pavement,

Breathless,

Muscles taut and sore?

Or are you hollow

And yearning for more?

After the frantic doing,

A new knowing!

While the race was (unfortunately) essential,

The end was an

Illusion the whole time.

Instead of running

We must start to feel.

Be.

Breathe.

Sit in the stillness

Of this moment.

Not striving,

Not yearning,

Not plotting.

(Although, at first

This may cause you

To squirm!).

This moment is

Missing nothing.

You must find

Your way here

And Be.

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After my early moments of awakening, I got stuck (for more time than I’d like to admit!) in the circle of human-doing. My ego kept itself alive in this manic pace of living. Frantically achieving, creating, and becoming — avoiding feeling, reflecting, and being.

However, the whispers of Grace followed me on this quickened and desolate path. Patiently urging me toward the quiet knowing of all things. I obscured and blocked the whispers with more DOING. It has been written that “The Body Keeps The Score”, and this was true for me (more to come on this!). A difficult physical crash will be the next step on my journey.

My deep wish is to point you away from this frantic way of living before your body gives out in exhaustion (a firm knock of Grace over your head!). What is the treasure you are searching for? What if I told you that it was inside you this whole time?

Amen, Namaste, Shalom, Om, et al.