Drive It!!

Subject: Drive It!! Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:43 am

October 21

Drive It

There is nothing you need to do first to be enlightened. -Thadeus Golas

On a billboard, I saw a marvelous Lexus advertisement: Don't pursue perfection-Drive it. Now there is a powerful affirmation for mastering life! Many of us have gotten caught up in the game of seeking. We attend seminars, read books, sit at the feet of gurus, get psychic readings, and do all manner of therapies, processes, and initiations, all the while identifying ourselves as students on the path of truth. But we get more of whatever we identify with. As long as we see ourselves as students, that is all we shall be.

There comes a point at which we must identify with our wholeness rather than the part that is striving. Learning and growth will always occur, but behind all of the external unfoldment, we are full.

Imagine that all of your trying, seeking, and striving has been completed. Imagine that you have within you all the awareness and tools you need to live a life of joy, creativity, success, and love. Imagine that you don't have to pass any more tests or prove anything to anyone. Imagine that you don't have to earn the love or favor of God. Imagine that you have the abilities and credentials to offer healing and support to others. These imaginings are much closer to the truth than the imaginings that you are broken, wounded, or needy. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." If you recognize who you are, you can make this statement with equal authority.

Practice being enlightened. It is the truth about you.

I am ready to live my wholeness. Shine through me that I may bless myself and the world.

I am the light of the world. I let it radiate in full splendor.

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This meditation is an excerpt from Alan Cohen's meditation book, A Deep Breath of Life