In the Realm of Surprise and Amazement

Consider our lives. Every living moment is so unpredictable and full of surprise and amazement.

The fact that I can write a blog that is actually being hosted in 'nothingness' (the Internet is virtual, right?) and yet be seen by all its readers and followers is amazing. Isn't it? The reality that we were born humans__that can THINK__ and were not created as other 'unthinking' living creatures or 'unthinkable' inanimate objects, is a miracle.

The fact that the sun rises, the birds chirp, the bees buzz, the cattle laze, the flowers pollinate...are all miracles in every day life. The bigger miracle is that we have the ability to 'sense' these miracles.

When we treat each moment as a new surprise and receive it with amazement we can respond in two ways:
1. We can respond with fear and worry of the unknown, upcoming moment. And let that worry cede into doubt, anxiety and self-doubt. Which further leads to guilt, stress and depression. In such a mode, we hardly respond to life as a gift or want to make it count. We only want life to be what we want it to be. Without realizing that life is happening to us, around us, for us, irrespective of what we want.

2. The other way is to look for the positive signs in every moment. Deriving joy from the manner in which life manifests itself. Accepting the moment and celebrating its surprise with amazement. This is what will help us live in the Now and prepare to soon attain and practice to stay in the state of Bliss.

Have we seen little children? Don't they see every event with a sense of awe and amazement? They don't value-judge any event. They just take each moment as it comes. Lying down on their mothers' laps or in their cribs, they respond to each sound wide-eyed and curious. They want to look around and see what's going on. They would be as much in awe in a slumdweller's home as they would be in the White House. And the reason for their state of Bliss__or unbiased perspective__is that they are willing__and waiting__to be surprised and amazed.

Are we willing to be like children? Willing to be surprised and amazed with each moment? Be sure. That's the only way forward. And the only way to Bliss.

Learnings:

1. Each moment, life surprises and amazes us.
2. We can either live in fear of the unknown or accept and celebrate what comes our way.
3. Bliss is not a state that you attain high up in the mountains but that which you can attain in a nano-second by willing to be surprised by and amazed with life.