Change
Posted by Jill Warner in Current Event Editorials.
Jesus says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35)
Your life is constantly moving, changing, evolving, flowing. Circumstances come and go. Some of the events in your life are painful and others joyous and fun. This is the nature of living in the world. You experience the world through the lens of your eye, the drum of your ear, and the physical sensations of your body. The constant change you perceive through your senses is the source of great suffering, great unhappiness, and fear. The natural tendency is to look to the past or the future to find some happiness, success, and fulfillment—the endless grasping for happiness that always seems just out of your reach. There is always something else to pursue a goal, a dream, an idea that will provide the happiness that you long for deep down in the depths of your being. Rare is the one who stops this endless looking to the past or the future. Rare is the one who stops to see that which never changes never moves and is constantly offering you lasting happiness, fulfillment and, more importantly, a love that is so vast so indescrible it offers you the endless joy of your true nature.
Jesus says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) What is the word of Jesus? Are they just words that he speaks or words in a book or do his words point to something much deeper? Where do his word direct your attention? Right now I am traveling through Australia on tour with Gangaji and her husband Eli. Since arriving here I have met some of the most deeply loving people, people who are aware of a great secret—the great secret of Life. In the many meetings I have attended here the common conversation is the story of life, the story of suffering that is always based on what happened in the past or what might happen in the future. Many of these stories are deeply heartbreaking, exposing the deep suffering that people experience in life. Each person has different experiences and circumstances that have appeared in their life, but ultimately it is the very same story you are telling yourself everyday. The endless story of your life is the layer that hides the deepest secret, a secret that is waiting to be discovered deep inside of you. Once this secret is discovered there is a great release into a natural joyous freedom. How can knowing this ancient secret help you to understand the teaching of Jesus on an even deeper level?
