Blinders On, Blinders Off

Blinders are what are put around horses' eyes to help them stay focused. It forces them to concentrate on going forward, and not get distracted by the larger world.

Most all humans move through this world in a similar way, but with their perspective limited  by self-imposed, psychological blinders. We are so concentrated on the daily circumstances and situations in our lives, that we completely forget about the big picture of what we are and where we are.

The world can be a very busy place, and the modern human can take on a lot of responsibility and obligation. With so much to accomplish every day, and so much thinking, analyzing, and strategizing accompanying our actions, there is very little, or no time at all to contemplate our larger situation.

Days, weeks, months, years, even lifetimes can pass without someone removing those self-imposed blinders and remembering they are part of a Great Big Mystery.

What happens in the busy world of modern humans is so very engaging, dramatic, and time-consuming. We take actions, start situations, and have to play them through all the time. Phone calls, messages, visitors. Things that need to be fixed. Things that need to be bought and sold. News to keep up with, stay concerned about. There is really so much happening!

At the same time, though, there is really nothing at all happening. If you find a very quiet place, away from sights and sounds of humanity, you will experience a world completely unconcerned and oblivious to all of what humanity is busy with. The Great Human Drama is not the only game in town! There is so much that is not at all a part of what humanity is doing, so much that just exists in the world, that just is.

You can dive into this world that is oblivious to humanity, and all it's strategizing and busyness. You can be in this world without having to be a particular someone with a story, acting out a personality. You can be without adding anything else on top of it. You can lose the human attitude and contemplate the situation you are actually in - as some type of awareness in a world you can move through and explore, but know nothing about where or how it all originated. 

Try and see the larger picture of this situation as a Being on a planet, in this Universe, whatever it is, however it originated. Feel your aliveness, notice with fresh eyes the objects and colors of your world. Allow yourself to be humbled and amazed, awestruck and grateful. Forget what all the humans are doing, and bask in your pure conscious awareness. This is taking off the blinders.

Suffering happens with the blinders on, so take them off.