Hard Drive

We are breaking free dear Friends ...

“I’m really conscious of what’s going into my hard drive, because it affects the operation of my computer ...I want to trash it and let it go ...”
Have you ever said anything like this?

Isn’t it what we are in the process of doing with our life experience?

What has been present on our “hard drive” is all the “emotional stuff” which is affecting our life ...our function and our happiness ...
...all this “stuff” we are letting go now because it has come to weigh too much and in doing so,
...it’s been infringing with our freedom to live life to the fullest ...the way it is really meant to be lived!

This is something interesting to ponder on ...
Unlike us, animals free themselves ...

Have you ever observed animals after a fight?

Ducks for instance ...
“After two ducks get into a fight, which never lasts long, they will separate and float off in opposite directions.
Then each duck will flap its wings vigorously a few times, thus releasing the surplus energy that built up during the fight.
After they flap their wings, they float on peacefully, as if nothing had ever happened.

If the duck had a human mind, it would keep the fight alive by thinking, by story-making.
This would probably be the duck’s story:
“I don’t believe what he just did!
He came to within five inches of me!
He thinks he owns this pond!
He has no consideration for my private space!
I’ll never trust him again!
Next time, he’ll try something else just to annoy me!
I’m sure he’s plotting something already!
But I’m not going to stand for this!
I’ll teach him a lesson he won’t forget!”

And on and on the mind spins its tales, still thinking and talking about it days, months and years later ...
As far as the body is concerned, the fight is still continuing, and the energy it generates in response to all those thoughts is emotion ...
...which in turn generates more thinking ...
This is how most humans live all the time ...
No situation or event is ever really finished ...
The mind and the mind-made “me and my story” keep it going ...”

We are a species that has lost its way.
Everything natural, every flower or tree, and every animal have important lessons to teach us ...
If we would only stop, look and listen!

Our duck’s lesson is this ...
Flap your wings, which translates as “let go of the story” and return to the only place of power :
...the present moment ... (Eckhart Tolle)

Here’s to “flapping our wings” Friends ...and enjoy the NOW moment!!!

Eveline and Franco