Beingness. It is all you know. Question this. You have known beingness forever, yet upon taking your first breath after human birth, you took on a new story. Roll around in your story. Enjoy it completely … yes, even those moments when you wish you could die, for all are part of the fullness of L.IF.E.- Love in Full Expression. Know that even in these moments when you want off the planet, beingness is here. It is what you share with all others who are going through the same growth pains and death pains. Beingness. There is no joy in simply being. Joy arises through relationship. Beingness arises to know Joy. Connection. You may call this Love. It is why you have arisen from beingness. Embrace the pain, the sorrow, and the Joy for what they are: You as Me—Source—in expression, and it is why you are so very loved.
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I love these daily messages, thank you. However, that statement – ‘There is no joy in simply being.’ Is that a typo? Being(ness) isn’t enough? I thought I was joy? More like it is part of my nature as a soul but the egoic mind tries to stifle joy with its negative thought patterns. I guess I don’t understand the context of that statement, ah well, No biggie.
Thank you. You are appreciated.
“There is no joy in simply being. Joy arises through relationship.”
I do not disagree with this at all, but it triggered a reaction in me because of my own experience. “Relationship” sounds like relationship with another human being and this is what many folks would recommend, just “get out there and find a new person to love.” There was a time about twenty-five years ago when I suddenly found myself alone at the end of a very difficult relationship with a woman I had asked to marry me. I was devastated and I experienced “complex grieving.” I decided that I needed to “fix this” first before another relationship in order to avoid repeating my mistake. I did not want to take a chance on another bad relationship until then. What I discovered when I was alone is in order to survive, much less to find joy, one must form new connections with someone or something outside of oneself. “Connection” leads to joy, but it is not always connections with another human. I made new connections with God, nature and the universe and I found great joy in simple beingness with All that Is. Still it is the “connection” with God and all that exists that led to joy within simply by being. Years later in early 2020 at the end of a wonderful human experience when my wife died I remembered my previous experience with being alone and what I had learned. I knew what I needed to do, but the pandemic delayed another dating relationship. This was another situation where I was alone and another relationship was not even possible, but I was better prepared for this by my previous experience. “Simply being” was all that I could do and this time I found some real joy in it, first for the joy of remembrance of the earthly relationship now ended and second for the joy I had learned from previous experience. I completely agree that it is the totality of human experience to be celebrated, not just the good times or the good experiences. We learn valuable lessons from the “not so good” or even painful experiences that ultimately lead us to a higher consciousness, a better existence, and real joy. Namaste.
Thankyou for you thoughts on this. I too have discovered that being alone and having the ability to find yourself and God and anything else you need can be more rewarding than being in a relationship with another person. Fall in love with yourself first and then other things will fall into place??
Namaste Suzanne, if you find yourself on interstate 80 in Illinois, stop by Princeton. I feel such a strong pull to meet you.
Beingness is often difficult. Challenges of this life of learning patience, compassion and kindness as a caregiver. My soul lesson?
I am striving to know Joy in this body fatigued daily by what seems so unfair to my husband and to me. My meditation practice does tell me I am on a journey. .
Thank goodness for this practice. May you surround yourself with a strong support group.
Beloved Suzanne, thank you for being a treasure in my life. I am so looking forward to meeting you at your retreat in September.
The more love there is, the more love there is.
Maryellen