And technology is so great,
that there is always something
to distract you
from experiencing this moment.

They even have a television playing
while you are waiting in line at the bank.
And if not, there is always
the cell phone, text messaging,
blackberries and video games.

The radio playing while you work,
the television on and drink in your hand
as soon as you come home.

Always something to keep you
from having to feel this moment,
always something to distract you
from life itself.

What would happen
if you were plucked out of society,
and left in the middle of nowhere
with food, water and shelter.
Without any purpose or distraction.

Suddenly you would be confronted
with life itself and no means of escape.

First thing that would happen
is you would go nuts.

You would see how addicted
you are to distraction.

But eventually, through surrender,
you would begin to taste life.
You would begin to experience
what it really means to be alive
the joy of unconditional, purposeless existence.

Then if you would be put back into society,
you would feel the stress and aggression
of all of these things put in place to distract you.
You would feel how this constant urge
to seek pleasure and resist pain
sucks the life out of you.

Somewhere along the line
you realized life sometimes hurts
and then began the eternal quest
to escape it.

But the moment you are willing
to experience life
with all of it's hurts and insanity,
suddenly there is a freedom
and sense of peace that you are
no longer willing to turn away from.

Just the awareness
that you are alive fulfills you.

Because it is in being alive
that you experience divinity.

The two are not separate.

This is meditation.

Blessings,

Kip"

related link: Free Teachings on Meditation & Awareness