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Explosive inspiration can be yours in any moment. Don't just cross your finger and wait for a flash of insight - reach out and grab it instead!
Inspiration is, for many individuals, a distant and obscure notion. It's a word used to describe what artists experience before creating a masterpiece. Or perhaps it's a term applied to the creative revelations of one's favorite screenwriter. For most people inspiration is not a value to be actively pursued.
This is another flawed paradigm of the mainstream culture. Reject the notion that finding your inspiration is a matter of chance or fortune and embrace the idea of deliberately inviting this wondrous state into your life each day.
Literally the word inspiration describes a condition of being "in the spirit" or having the "spirit inside". Religious beliefs are not at all necessary to engage this concept. Spirit - in this context - is simply a field of sublime exhilaration, joyful anticipation, great peace, and alertness. This transcendent perspective is readily available to anyone who wants it, at any time they choose to experience it.
Our society is in love with mediocrity and drudgery, to the extent that people often honor themselves for their willingness to work a job they hate, live with a spouse they no longer care for, and spend time with "friends" they never really liked being with. The sad consensus seems to be that life is about getting by, fulfilling obligatory values, and traveling from birthday to birthday with little hope of finding anything extraordinary along the way.
Fortunately the mundane world is an illusion. It's a construct we've adopted to help us avoid facing the brilliance of the moment and the startling beauty of self. Our collective boredom with ourselves and with the world around us is a choice.
Every new moment contains the opportunity for illumination and enlightenment. We only need to allow inspiration into our awareness and be grateful for the experience.
The most natural state of consciousness is joy. Happiness plus a sense of freedom and amazement underlie our forced calculation, petty worries, and self-imposed dramas. Observe a child interacting with his or her environment for evidence of this.
To become immediately inspired, all that is required is to let go of your ego-driven thinking and allow the present moment to unfold. In other words, refrain from adding further thoughts to your awareness right here and right now, and allow what is natural to emerge.
It may take a few seconds, even a few minutes, for the inertia of your current thoughts and emotions to dissolve. Relax your shoulders and hips and decide that you have absolutely nothing to do. Sink deeply into the affirmation that there's no place you need to be other than exactly where you are, and enjoy the idea of having all the time in world.
As your thoughts, feelings, and body settle down observe yourself and your immediate surroundings without forming an opinion or starting any internal conversations. Sit there and let go of the world as completely as you can; allow your emotions to flow and watch the stream of thoughts softly pour out of you and fade away.
Expect nothing. Regret nothing.
As you step fully into the stillness your innate joy will rise to the surface and expand.
Think of this as an exercise at first. Imagine you are literally stepping to the side and watching yourself from a third person point of view. The first time you catch a glimpse of yourself from this vantage you'll feel a definite shift at the level of mind.
If you're distracted by anxiety over an upcoming appointment or obligation, take this to mean you haven't completely let go. Acknowledge the tension and then gently release it.
Be patient with yourself and understand: there's no reason to get upset, as this practice is not competitive. Have fun and accept your observations.
With practice you'll develop the ability to completely disintegrate all contrived thoughts and negative feelings. When this happens you'll find yourself in a state of simple bliss, free from the need to struggle or grasp.
After you detach from your internal chatter you'll be able to hear infinity whispering in your ear. You'll see the circumstances of your life in a new light, and you'll become aware of possibilities that never occurred to you before.
By dropping the need to strive you will become open to inspired action that seems to occur spontaneously out of intuition. You'll find yourself flowing into motion without stopping to think it through, and you'll be amazed to see the action you're taking is exactly right for the situation at hand.
Even more important than the implications of personal freedom, you'll know the world in which you live is different. Once you find your moment of truth, that instant when the simplicity of this message is realized, you will never be able to fully return to the mundane world.
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