Layers

Beneath what we may consider to be our waking reality, other layers exist that are more refined, holding more of our truth.  Several traditions speak to this idea, letting us know that being and living from these more refined places becomes possible through what are considered their best practices, ways of understanding and arriving there.

You can think of it this way: although you may be driving home or arriving at a place you visit often, if you are lost in thought as the scenery or surroundings go past you, you may not be noticing that these areas around you actually exist in these moments.  You are unawares, driving or riding on the way to your destination, the scenery passing you by as you are lost in your thoughts.

This is what the idea of layers speaks to, that we are lost in what may be taking us from actually seeing and experiencing life more.

I feel so compelled, driven at times (pun intended), to come from the most refined and deepest layers of myself, to be as authentic and true to my understandings as possible.

In a real sense, this means being myself, simply and without the extra layers, without anything blocking my view and my experience of life.

Sometimes this translates into a poetic sense of seeing for me; at other times, this comes across as an inspiration to spur others on, dynamically communicating what I feel should be said.

If you think of yourself and your truth, the most real and authentically experiencing layer of yourself, when you are enjoying life fully and in the fulfillment of who you are, then this way of being is like the most precious version of yourself you can know.  For me it is the most precious relationship I can have.  Some traditions would even say this is the goal, this uncompromising and very real, natural version of yourself, the truest sense of yourself you can have.

Life becomes about an identity of experiencing then, not fixed ideas or ways.  You may have your old habits, but they are seen with this more natural and less troubled understanding permeating your way of being in the world.

Light and free.  Truly.  You are.

You can ride or drive to your destination, but now you do it with a more enriched and fuller understanding of yourself and your experience, not letting the scenery pass you by.