Beloved Master, I have been meditating for a few years now and since I have started I am able to see tremendous changes in my life. Changes have been happening by themselves, without my trying, or doing anything. I feel as if something wants to express its

Yes, experiences will happen with meditation. You may find a deep change within yourself since you have started your spiritual journey. But this is where you start missing as well: you go on asking for more. You are not just allowing it to flow in its own course. Life is a river: flow with it. But our problem is that we always flow against life's currents.

A small story:

There was a couple travelling with a group in the wilderness. They came across a rapidly flowing river. The wife thought it was beautiful. She went close to it and fell in.

The husband immediately jumped in and tried searching for her, but was unable to find her. He then started swimming against the current hoping to find her.

One of the members called out to him, 'Why are you swimming in the wrong direction? The river's currents would have carried her away. Why are you swimming against its current?'

The man helplessly replied, 'Yes, but I know her. She would have gone upstream only!'

This is exactly what we are doing every minute of our lives. Life is nothing but a river. It is continuously trying to carry you away. But what do you do? You swim against its current instead of flowing with it. There is a popular saying, 'Go with the flow'. It means nothing but this.

Now you will ask, 'How to flow with life?' Simply allow life to happen; that's all! Do not think about the future. Do not think about the past. The present should be the only thing for you. Just be in the present moment.

Allow your experiences to happen by themselves. Do not think about not having a particular experience. Do not worry about you not doing anything to help your experience happen. All this is nonsense! How can you help Existence give you an experience? You cannot do anything better than what Existence is already doing. Just offer yourself to the river; offer yourself to Existence. Allow Existence to do what it pleases with you.

One more thing: laziness and relaxation have been misunderstood; especially for these workaholics. When you sit under an umbrella on the beach and worry, you call it a vacation!

When you are in the office, you worry about the house. When you are in the house, you worry about when the next vacation should be. And then when your so-called vacation finally comes, you sit and worry about the office again! And this is happening all the time in our lives. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are continuously worrying.

So, as I was saying, laziness and relaxation have been misunderstood by people who simply don't know how to relax. Be clear: what you are feeling is not laziness at all. Laziness is only for those workaholics who don't know how to simply sit.

There is a Zen practice where you are meant to simply sit. You are just meant to sit with yourself and move into a deep relaxation. It is called Zazen – simply sitting.

Relaxation is to be at complete ease with yourself. It is to be unaffected by whatever happens outside of you. Actually, it is to be totally centered within yourself.

You say, 'Changes have been happening by themselves, without my trying, or doing anything. I feel as if something wants to express itself and that I should allow it. Am I waiting for something to grow strong enough, or am I jus

lazy?'

This shows that your mind is worried about what is happening. If your experiences grow, the mind will lose control. This is why it is going on questioning what is happening to you. The mind is always afraid of losing control.

You see: meditation is a deep waiting for the unknown, for the unpredictable. The more you wait the more purity there is and the more grace comes out of it. There should be no hurry, no expectation of what is to come.

Just wait and let what has to happen, happen. Let Existence decide what has to be done. Wait and let things happen to you; don't get involved!

Just wait for tomorrow, but be sure not to lose the spirit of today. Be sure that in your waiting for tomorrow, you don't lose today. Just wait. Every day holds something new.

Existence is extremely compassionate; it wants to share its beauty with all of us, but only gives to those who don't demand. Just wait with deep trust. Then all that Existence has to offer will be given to you.

Asking always leads to frustration. Only when you ask nothing of Existence, will it give you everything that it has. Just put your asking and questioning mind aside.

That is why there is a board outside the hall. Did you see it? It says, 'Keep your mind and footwear outside'. And this is a statement that should be followed.

Simply leave your mind outside.

Do this much; your desires will automatically drop.

Yes.

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