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October 11, 2008

Making Meaninglessness Meaningful

Life boils down to nothing. It has no purpose and it has no meaning in and of itself. It is what we make it though. Nothing more, nothing less.

It's not about what we are doing with ourselves and our Self's. Rather, it's how we do what we're doing with ourselves that matters. That's what brings the meaning in to life and nothing else.

There is nothing special that can be done that has wonderful meaning to it. Want proof? Two people can be doing the exact same thing and be experiencing two completely different outcomes of that doing. It's not in the doing, it's how the doing is being done. Nothing more, nothing less.

There is no answer to Life.

There is nothing that can be figured out and one can then lie back on their laurels and say "there I have it all figured out, just do this." No. There is nothing like that that exists. Yet we're all seeking it. Even this writer, as I too am a human trying to be. So don't believe what I say. Like Krishnamurti repeatedly espoused during his life, go find out for yourself and you'll KNOW.

We're all looking for that magical potion to drink, or experience, or obtain, or own, that brings lasting satisfaction and contentment though some doing and some action that we're to undertake.

But you know that it's not there. It doesn't exist. Down deep you really know, even though you probably don't want to admit to yourself because of what that'll bring on during your days, and nights.

It's nowhere to be found on this physical plane we occupy.

There is nothing to find. That's the simple brutal truth of the matter.

There is nowhere to go.

There is nothing to do.

There is only something to see that will get you to the place that drives you to continue to get up each morning.

There is not something to understand.

There is not something that needs to be done.

There is only the knowing that life doesn't have any sense to it. It just makes sense as life unto itself.

Life, oneness, doesn't strive for meaning. But we strive to put the meaning into our life. That is where we go wrong.

We don't accept what is. We don't accept what is happening to us and around us and by us, so we live in a constant state of dissatisfaction and discontentment with what actually is.

But the is-ness of our life is what we have done to individually create it. It is what we make of our days and nothing more, nothing less. That is where we happen to go wrong with our living.

We exist. Period. Nothing more, nothing less.

We exist to exist yet we want to find something that has meaning throughout our days of existence. Even if that something means doing something like helping other people. Please...

We can't even help ourselves to live a life full of meaning. How can one help others when one can't help oneself find lasting meaning?

There is no meaning to life. There is nothing that makes sense. But we strive to find that thing that we have convinced ourselves exists just beyond our reach.

But we never reach it because it is unreachable through doing: it is only reachable by being at oneness with Life. Therein is the meaning. Therein is the meaning through the doing no matter what that doing is.

I know this probably doesn't make sense and may even provide you with more doubt and confusion than it answers anything. But, if so, that shows how much you are wrapped up still in your doing -- so consider that a blessing to know.

Also, this writing is not meant to have one think "life has no meaning so I have to find the nearest cliff or bridge to jump off of." No.

It's about sharing a conscious knowing. Not a belief. Not a mental decision. Not a doing. Not even a 'getting it' or an understanding.

It's not about letting go of anything. It's about knowing, inside, in your heart, that the meaning is just there when the striving for meaning is let go.

We put the layer of meaning onto an activity, every activity, and then that activity is what provides meaning to our life, to our existence. No.

Again, that is where we go wrong. We make the activity the creator of our meaning instead of understanding with conscious knowing that the meaninglessness of existence brings meaning into every activity.

Just be.

Be with what is in your life right now.

Be with what is when you are doing what you are doing during your days, even when you are reading these words. That is the meaning you strive for right now. Then the next thing you do is there to give you more meaning and to make your life make sense.

There is nothing to know.

There is nothing special to do.

There is nothing.

Period.

There just 'is.'

Meaning -- look for it and you'll never find it. But, find meaning in meaninglessness and you'll know the meaning of life, and living.

Promise. Cross my heart and hope to live.

You too?

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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July 21, 2008

Sucker Punched By A Sucker

Have you ever noticed how Life sometimes comes overall from a place of showing one that it is ongoing, never stopping, and seamless in its approach to showing one what it wants one to know?

If only one has ears to hear, it doesn't stop in what it wants one to know. It continues forward and continues to show one, sometimes in the smallest instance just what one is supposed to learn about oneself and then hopefully incorporate into their understanding of themself and then share that with the world.

For me, it's most interesting that this showing comes about in the smallest of experiences, especially for me one that was particularly painful to watch, and yet not watch.

I'll explain.

I recently went to the postal store where I receive my mail and there were a couple of young people at the counter getting their mail needs met. There was also this woman, a middle-aged mother in front of me who had a young son with her. He was about five-years old and when I entered the store I came upon an interaction between the two of them that was in midstream.

The boy wanted a candy sucker from the candy dish on the countertop, and the mother wanted to do her mailing task at the counter. The boy wasn't agreeing with this and simply wanted to be given a sucker and so he was doing everything he could to get her attention to let her know just how badly he wanted the sucker. This was about the extent of what was clear to me.

What happened next was what made me think about my role in life with my younger sons and also filled me with feelings related to them as young souls and my relationship with them as an older soul who supposedly 'knows better'.

Again...

You see, the mother just wanted to do her mailing task and then get out of the store. But, the boy was being a boy. He was being a child and rightfully so. He wanted that brightly colored, plastic-wrapped sucker on the countertop to put in his mouth and, like the proverbial dog with a bone, he wasn't going to let go of that goal that he had in his mind. I could tell by the way he was acting that for him, the obtainment of the sucker was just about his only reason for existence at that moment. That's how determined he was.

But, he wouldn't quit nagging his mother by crying, repeatedly asking for the candy sucker, and periodically wailing from his sitting position on the carpet floor, so what his mother eventually did was she told him to get up off the carpet and stand up, and then go stand against the wall of the store and be quiet over there.

The boy did this but he was still loudly crying and asking for the sucker, and now, for her attention. This wasn't good for the mother, and I could tell that the young couple at the counter being served by the mail store staff were also not too impressed with what was transpiring nearby.

I, for one, didn't care. I'm still in those days at times where my own sons have the tendency to behave like that boy, and I have to deal with the situation like that mother did.

Anyway, after about a minute of listening to the boy continuing to cry and maintain his position of emotional upset from the corner of the store he was now standing in, the boy's mother left the line we were in and walked over to him. I was sure more severe discipline was to follow at this point, as is usual for most parents, and so I found myself closely listening not only to what the mother was saying to the boy, but more importantly, how she was saying it.

But she showed herself to be a model of parenthood that I resonated with. She didn't hit the boy, she didn't yell at the boy, she didn't lose her temper with the boy, and she didn't shame the child. She didn't have an undercurrent of anger in her words as she was talking with the boy and doing her best to discipline him via the timeout he was now in.

She handled the situation very well and because the boy still didn't quiet down, she had to grab him by the hand and lead him out of the store. Overall, I thought she handled herself very appropriately, considering the circumstances, and did a wonderful effort of doing what she could to take control of the situation.

The only thing that I did find myself questioning as I was watching this event is that I thought she was too concerned about what all of us in line were thinking, due to the fact that she wanted him to be quiet, I'm assuming so that the rest of us could go about conducting our business with our mail. Personally, I wouldn't have been so concerned now, after all these years of parenting, of what others think during a time like that. My focus would've been the child's needs and how to best handle that.

I would've simply and immediately taken the boy out of the situation, and not try to get him to be quiet. That is, I'd have taken him outside much sooner than she had, so as to let him have his little screaming fit outside in the wide open space of the parking lot. Forget the mail, it can wait!

Anyway, I digressed so I'll step down off the soapbox I was preaching from.

Continuing...

The insight behind this experience which I was brought into was the insight of experiencing regret. That is, I felt that the strings inside of me were being pulled into a position of regret.

You see, that boy only wanted what he wanted. Yet, the mother also had her own agenda which she needed to take care of, on a practical sense.

Yet, the boy was denied what he wanted, which simply was a candy sucker.

How many times have we been denied in our lives what we want? How many times have we thrown a temper tantrum this past week - at least inside, so that others don't notice and we still are viewed as mature and capable adults?

I ask you, when was the last time you threw a tantrum when you didn't get what you wanted?

And when was the first time you threw one that you remember?

Were you hit to get you to shut up?

Were you criticized and blasted emotionally for having a normal human desire squelched out of existence?

Were you ignored until you knew that you were absolutely not going to get what it was that you wanted?

Or were you threatened, perhaps within an inch of your life to shut up and never behave like that again in public with all those other 'nice people' watching you be what - a child - for heaven's sake.

How many times have you wanted something as a fully-grown human, and now that the toys can't be thrown, and the feet can't be stomped and the pants can't be wetted, or the breath held till the face turns blue, how many times have you just wanted to do that so as to get what it was that you wanted?

And yet, even today, how many times has it happened that nobody really cared about what it was that you wanted, or were even aware that you were screaming inside for that sweetness Life was desiring to deliver to you?

You see, where I felt regret over this experience, was not so much just for the young boy, it was also for myself and for ALL of us, as children, who didn't get what we wanted those so, so, so many times we simply wanted to taste the sweetness of Life.

It really isn't fair that Life doesn't give us what we want when we want it and in the way we want it. Is it?

But, again, how many of us were wronged and made to believe that we were wrong for wanting what we justifiably wanted and simply needed as a child?

How many of us were hit into submission?

Or shamed? Or belittled? Or criticized? Or ignored? It's not pretty how the stopping asking for things covertly and overtly happens, is it? But, again, it's no surprise.

I regretted that I couldn't always get what I wanted, the many simple things that I wanted when I was a young boy. I can't even remember almost all of them, yet they're still there inside. Some in memories now that I don't want to relive again in some instances. That's just part of the human experience.

We have all had to live through not getting the special Life sucker that we wanted. Even if it only cost a penny to purchase, and now is so cheap to make that it's given away for free in stores.

It doesn't really matter what that was all about, yet, it was all about the need, the wanting, the fulfilling of our hearts desire which at that age does take the shape of a candy sucker.

At that age that sucker is the world to us because we're all present every moment. Our world is right now and the sucker is right now so what's wrong with wanting it right now?

To us, and our young minds, nothing was wrong with wanting what we wanted. Yet, Life had a different agenda for us. It wanted us to know that there are others in our existence to consider. Be they family or strangers in line in the store.

It wanted us to know that we are not the sole focus of our caregivers at times like that. It wanted us to learn the lesson that Life doesn't always give us what we think we want, when we want it.

It wanted us to know that there are some things in life that are unreachable and perhaps always may be. But that doesn't have any permanent impact on us, intrinsically.

Life wants us to know that our worth, who we are, who we are being in the present is not predicated upon that candy sucker.

But, when we were five-years old we didn't know about that stuff. And we didn't care about that stuff.

But now that we're 45-years ripe, or 62 years of age, we should know better.

Let me finish by asking you: Do you know better now?

And, if so, what are you going to do, even deep inside, the next time Life thwarts what you want and you think you have full right to right now?

Think about it, before you become the next sucker and let what Life throws at you become a sucker punch.

We all know it's just a matter of time till that next experience arrives right in front of our face to learn from. Or not.

Interesting food for thought, eh? Get the sucker and be a sucker, or forget the sucker and BE with Life.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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June 7, 2008

Crying Over Spilled Milk

Have you ever spilled milk? Really. The actual stuff. Milk. Have you ever spilled milk? It could be that some flopped over the edge of the glass you were holding it in. Or it could be that the entire milk jug inexplicably slipped out of your hand as you were carrying the carton across the kitchen to put it back in the refrigerator.

And then it happened.

The milk hit the floor and splashed out either a few small drops of spray across the floor, or, in the case of the milk jug, milk droplets and spray went over the entire bottom half of every kitchen cabinet within 10 feet of the event. Not to mention the bottom half of your trousers, or legs, or all up the dog's behind. Not a pretty sight to be a part of or view occurring, is it? Or was it?

But, here's where everything gets really interesting and will be the focus of this article and hopefully proffer cogent words to help you with your desire to be a better human being in your household. Again, if that's not you, then I'd advise you to stop reading and flip your attention over to another website or the nearby television listings.

Anyway, back on track here with the spilled milk subject...

What I would like to focus on here is not the seeming messiness of the actual spilling of the milk, but instead the spilling of something else which usually occurs just right after the liquid makes its way all across the kitchen floor tiles.

And that spilling would be what happens in you that makes its way outside of you into the kitchen environment, usually within earshot of all those in the area, or sometimes even in other rooms of the house. And even in some rare cases, in the households of the next door neighbors who happen to have their kitchen windows open while they're doing the dishes.

What am I alluding to here? I'm mentioning the literal tirade of words, epithets and profanities that usually come out of most people's mouth immediately succeeding an event such as this.

The milk spills, and the mouth opens, and every single mama's-going-to-wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-kind-of-word comes spewing out of your mouth. Right?

And all of it in reaction to what happened in front of you on the kitchen floor and through this unexpected accident of something being dropped on the floor and leading to a mess that you no doubt will have to handle and scream about, or simply just have to deal with by cleaning it up.

Wow, what a hassle eh?

Life was going oh-so-fine-and-dandy and then this stupid obnoxious milk had to go and spill itself all over the nice clean floor.

And cupboard.

And fridge.

And oven.

And dishwasher front.

And on my newly polished shoes.

And on my nice dress.

Oh, the horror of it all, eh? Life is just so unfair at times, isn't it?

I think you can tell that I'm being facetious here. I'm allowing you to get into the moment that most of us have experienced at some time or another during our life and time here on this planet.

But, seriously, it really is a volatile situation isn't it, when something like this happens, isn't it?

The milk isn't allowed to just spill is it? It has to spill and that spillage has to, it just HAS to, be followed with any number of streams of profane statements and expletives that your worst enemy shouldn't be privy to, right? But, the real question here is...why does that have to happen?

Why does a simple thing like spilling the milk on the floor result in the reaction that most of us have fallen victim to? Why does that have to happen?

Well, here's something to think about.

It doesn't have to happen.

You heard me right.

Having that reaction, even having any reaction of any type, doesn't have to happen at all.

The milk can just spill. And then the event is done. There doesn't have to be anything following it in you. Did you know that? Did you know that that was a possibility?

Did you know that just because the Universe decides to spill your glass of milk all over your nice floor on this morning of this day, that doesn't mean that you have to react to that event?

It can just happen. Just like it just did. In fact, it can just occur as it already has, and you can just witness it occurring. And, maybe even feel it too as the wetness seeps down along your legs and into your shoes. That's all okay though.

Why am I saying this?

Because Life is happening but you don't have to happen like you've always happened. You don't have to be the victim of that milk spilling like you always have been before.

Let me tell you something.

Do you want to know what someone is really like? Do you want to know what a person is really, really like inside? The absolute real person living inside that person, not the person that they are telling you that they are? This is a way to find out who that person really is.

Watch them when they spill milk all over their kitchen floor. Watch them closely. Watch their reaction to that event.

That's the REAL person there reacting to that event. Not the person they just told you they were as they described themselves to you ever so nicely. That's not who they are.

They're the person who is reacting to the milk spillage.

Are they a screaming, angry lunatic blaming everybody and everything under the sun for this horrible occurrence?

Or are they a person who shrugs their shoulders and says, "Oh well. I guess I had better get to work cleaning this up because no one else should or has to."

Which person would you rather be in relationship with when the going of Life gets tough? Would you rather be in the company of the raving lunatic and have them react to something at your side? Or would you rather be at the side of the person who is calmly and simply dealing with the situation at hand?

I don't know about you, but I'd rather be with the person who is able to see the situation for what it is and then act accordingly.

I have a good and long-term friend who told me a few years ago that he had just recently accidentally dropped a glass of juice on the kitchen floor. I guess the glass was sweaty from sitting on the counter for a bit, so it was slippery when he picked it up and he dropped it and juice and glass went flying everywhere in the kitchen.

My friend told me that prior to following the truth teachings of people like Vernon Howard and Guy Finley and Osho, that he used to be the raving lunatic. He told me that he used say 85 '(very profane words about one's mother which I won't print)'. But, this time he just said 'darn it'. And then he cleaned up the mess in front of him.

That's a man that I'm glad to be friends with. He has done the work to change his reaction to the everyday occurrences that Life inevitably brings to us across our Path and then lays down the Glove of Life, so to speak, and asks us to deal with what is in front of us.

So, let me ask you, as I lay the glove in front of you with this article: Are you willing to deal with what is in front of you and do the work to change your reaction, if it needs changing, to one of acceptance?

Or are you going to ignore what is being proffered and continue with your fighting of the many events that Life brings that aren't in accord with your wants? If this is you, I'd suggest that you might want to remember just how many times Life has spilled the glass of milk you were carrying when you were least expecting it.

And, let me ask you: Do you really want to go to your grave reacting as you always have as a raving lunatic? If so, sounds to me like a life bereft of Life. So, good luck with that.

But, if not, I suggest that you do the work to be able to see the event as it happens, and then simply clean up the mess and move on with your life.

The kitchen will be clean.

The floor will be dry.

Your clothes will be changed.

And you'll be on your way to the store to get another jug of milk which just may spill for another milk drinker in the household.

But, if they were so lucky so as to have witnessed this newly changed reaction in you, think of the wonderful seed of opportunity for peace and love you just planted in them and their world by showing them right then and there that another type of response is possible to events like this.

Good for you for doing the work, if indeed you have and do decide to do so. And thank you for making the world a better place for all.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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April 30, 2008

An Article About Nothing

Ever watch that old Seinfeld television show which ran for many years and essentially was about nothing? Well, this article is going to be the same.

I know some of you might be thinking to yourself, 'Hey, André, what's the change from your usual ramblings?' But, again, I hope to be different with this article.

You see, sometimes a person needs downtime, that is, time when they don't need to do anything in particular. Time to be quiet. Time to reflect. Time to shut down the ever-present activities of the mind, which usually starts the moment we wake up each day and our mind 'boots up' with us.

Sometimes one just needs to take time to him/herself. Time to just replenish the supplies, so to speak. And this time can be time well spent. Or it cannot.

It all depends upon the person allowing themself to experience the downtime.

We all have time on our hands. But do we ever do anything of particular relevance with that time? That is, anything of particular usage, or benefit, to us and or to others, with that time that we have to 'spare'?

I'll bet not. Speaking from experience, that time is not time well spent.

When there comes time that one finds oneself in a place of 'not having anything to do', one sure as heck finds something to do.

Even if it's cleaning out the dresser drawers and ironing the underwear you find in a bunch in the top drawer. And the socks too. Better iron those.

You see, none of us do particularly well when there is nothing to do.

Or nothing to be done.

Or nothing to be gained from doing nothing.

Especially us men.

We're programmed to feel guilty and unproductive when there's nothing to do. We're told that we should be making use of our time. And use of our mind. We're not supposed to be wasting precious minutes doing nothing.

We're told and it's ingrained in our little brains from a very early age, that doing nothing is wrong.

But, let's question that. Is it?

What is it about doing nothing that is viewed as being 'wrong'?

What is it about not doing anything that is not right?

I answer - nothing. Nothing is wrong with doing nothing.

I think that doing nothing is doing something.

I think that doing nothing is very productive and useful and beneficial and worthwhile. Nothing is the calming of the mind. Nothing is when the mind has ceased in its ever-present production of actions and things to do lists that we fall victim to and feel compelled to comply with fulfilling.

Nothing is the space in time, between the doings, when we are given a golden opportunity to do something that will benefit us wholeheartedly, in the long run.

Nowadays, doing 'nothing' is a bad word. But it is such a good experience to truly allow ones Self to do nothing.

Think about it. It's really pretty simple to do nothing.

Even think about the term doing nothing.

One would think, or question, perhaps - "how do you DO nothing?" Isn't that doing something, if you're 'doing' it?

Technically, I suppose it is. But, simplistically, it isn't.

You see, we all know exactly what it is that I'm writing about here.

Doing nothing is simply that. Just doing nothing, when nothing presents itself as an opportunity to experience.

We all have those moments, usually at the end of our day, where we have an opportunity to just 'wind down'. But what do most of us do with that time, or those moments? We busy them up doing something.

We take the golden opportunity to do something and we fill it with something. And that something is usually mindless television viewing and channel flipping. Or being on the Internet website surfing.

How about instead of doing this you take the opportunity that is in front of you, that break in the busy-ness of your life, and simply do nothing.

Just 'be'.

Just allow yourself to experience the emptiness of the present moment that is in front of you.

The present moment is full of so so much that it really can't all be taken in at once. It's so complete it's scary. And it scares most of us too. That's why we're all so busy.

Personally, I've had plenty of time to ponder the vacant and empty moments in my life, and there have been many. They are so rich with Life though. They are so complete. They are a doing of a magnitude and scale that my mind could never create.

One of my favorite authors - Guy Finley - said once, several years ago that "Heaven is the space between two thoughts."

I say that the space he mentions is actually 'nothing'. Yet, nothing is everything.

Nothing is all. There is everything that one could want to be found in the moments containing nothing in one's life.

And what would that nothing be? It's your nothing, so that depends upon you.

Your mind isn't going to like it when you allow and work at having the nothings be just what they are during your day.

Not busying them up with thought, or doing, or thinking, or pondering, or fantasizing. None of that.

One doesn't have to get fancy and find a special cushion to sit on in a special room at a special time, in a special pose. Of course, if that works and has worked for you, great. But, it doesn't have to be that way.

The opportunities for nothing happen throughout our days here, every day, all our life. One doesn't need special training to do nothing. Or a guru. Or even a book to have been read.

No.

Just allow nothing to exist for you.

And know that what comes up is going to be about as individual as you are.

But, even in spite of this, what you will be experiencing, once you're able to make the most of your nothing moments will be absolutely everything.

It'll be an experiencing of the same nothing that we came from, and we're all aging towards.

It'll be the nothing that is timeless and is so full of Life.

I know this all may sound like a lot of nothing to you. But that's okay.

After all, it's up to you.

You can choose to do something. Or you can choose nothing.

Do yourself a favor, and choose nothing.

And then...watch.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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March 30, 2008

The Matter With Mind Over Matter

I sometimes find it interesting when it comes to writing that I flow with whatever comes into my mind. In a way it becomes a cathartic release of sorts and allows me to move what was beforehand in my mind onto paper, or e-paper, so to speak and in that way get it out of my head.

I know I've written about this subject before in another of my blog articles, but it's a good thing worth repeating. That is, each of us needs time to process whatever it is that we need to process, and using whatever medium we can or do have at our disposal is usually one way to go about processing the electrons firing in our head, and making them productive in some outer way.

Usually and hopefully not at the harm of another though. That's not productive. But find a way that allows for the release of whatever it is you find in your head and you'll do fine.

I'm tempted to begin with whatever comes to mind when it comes to writing this article. But that's okay as this is what needs to be raised at the time it needs to be written. There is nothing wrong with saying what needs to be said, especially when that saying is something that needs to be said and shared and expressed.

Expression is the will of the One and that is what one needs to know as for the expression of what is necessary. There is nothing sacred about expressing what is on one's mind. It is in there for a reason and the expression of it is what needs to be maintained and used to allow for a clearing of sorts from the mind and out of the head. This release is good for the mind and the soul overall. It is something that one needs and should be using to ensure that whatever is being said is what needs to be expressed.

You see, there is a certain way in which the mind works. And when we allow it to have its say then it shows us what it is that we need to see but heretofore were not allowing ourselves to know about. There is amazing potential and latent power in what is stored in each of our minds and in our heads and when one allows oneself to come in contact with that power, that energy, the using of it can prove just as powerful and useful to a larger extent.

Don't let what is going on inside your mind scare you. It wants to help you. It wants to show you that there is another way to exist in the world and if you'll let the expression of the ideas and thoughts that are up in your head be expressed then you'll know what it is that you need to see to help you with whatever it is you might be struggling with now.

You see, we might think that we know it all and that whatever we see and know is all that needs to be known. But that simply isn't the case.

How many times have you woken up from a sleep and found yourself just not feeling quite right but not knowing why? You went to sleep the night before feeling rather good and prepared for the coming morning. But then upon waking you realize that there is something that feels out of place inside.

That is what is speaking to you and desires expression. Something happened between the time you went to sleep and the moment you woke up. What was that happening?

'You' weren't there, that's what was happening.

You weren't in the way to not allow your mind to process whatever it was that it needed to process. Your mind spoke to you through the night and perhaps helped you see things and dream things and remember things that you don't want to or can't remember during your waking hours. And now that those seemingly unpalatable realizations were stirred around during the night, you wake up feeling disturbed and 'not quite right'.

But this is perfectly normal - as long as you know that your mind is trying to tell you something. It's speaking to you. Or rather, Spirit is speaking to you. Only it's not using words. It wants you to know what it is that it is sharing. If only you'll listen you'll do yourself a world of good.

You see, what happens during sleep is the ego, the overinflated sense of self, is no longer there. We're all raw, pure, and mentally naked so-to-speak when we're sleeping. There's no 'I' getting in the way of what it is that we truly need.

And because that mental clearing occurred it's best that you do what you can to process what it is that is happening each night. And by processing it I mean listening to the space inside of you that feels not too right upon wakening. It's speaking to you. It's telling you that you have been working on something that is happening irrespective of your mind. Spirit is speaking to you.

And your work is to listen to that telling.

That's key to reducing the amount of days that one wakes up feeling out of sorts. That is how to start the process of no longer wakening to that feeling that something isn't right.

That is how to ensure that those mornings where you don't feel on top of your game are reduced.

I don't think they'll ever be eliminated because that is part of the lifelong process of living. But, I believe they can be reduced. But only by listening to the speaking that is being spoken while one sleeps.

And then having enough wherewithal to heed the words that you are telling you.

You are dreaming. You are processing what is in your mind. It's your sleep time. No one else's. You have to honor that process and allow it to tell you and show you what it is that you need to work on.

Are you willing to do that? It doesn't take much work. Just go to sleep tonight and don't resist what you remember tomorrow morning. Think about it. Remember it. Hang onto it and let it show you the golden nuggets of insights that you're being given each and every night in your mind.

Eventually your days will become more golden too. Sweet. So sweet.

Written by Andre Best
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'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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March 17, 2008

What You Do Not Know You Do Not Know About Life

Life is the most amazing mystery at times. Why? Because it does such a great job of hiding from us when we seek it, and showing up right in our face when we least want to expect it. But struggle as we do, we can't avoid it. It's always there. Waiting. Waiting to show us what it is that we need to know, but are usually unwilling to heed.

But, as we all know, Life goes on. It continues to slowly creep forward, with us as its usual unwilling participants, because we know better than it does as far as what's good for us. And what's good for those around us. Right?

How dare Life hide underneath that experience. Or within that event. Or not show its face to us throughout that struggle. Really.

I mean come on - I prayed, didn't I?

I begged and pleaded and hoped and bargained, and tricked my way to thinking that I could somehow convince Life that what I was asking for and surely knew that I wanted in that Life event was what I really needed. Didn't I?

And yet if only Life would see it my way, well, then everything would be just fine and dandy.

We've all been there. Many times. Haven't we? I know I have.

I have many a time found myself thinking that the lesson being brought to me couldn't be, absolutely shouldn't be, the lesson in the event that was just what I needed to know at the time. After all, it couldn't be, because I knew better than the Universe, than Truth, than reality, than God, if you will.

Why shouldn't I have what it is that I want from the event that I'm finding myself going through? Why shouldn't things turn out the way I want them to? What's the harm in that? Why does it have to be the teaching that is so hard to see, instead of what it is that I want to have?

Life just isn't fair at times, is it?

You see, we all at one time or another get caught up too closely in ourselves. We think we know what is best for us. In actuality, and as I continue to age and pay attention to Life as it shows itself to me in the most mysterious ways, I know that Life is showing us exactly what it is we need to know, right when we need to know it. No more, no less.

But it's we who muddy up the waters so that we can't see the beauty in the offering Life presents. We get in our own way and don't pay attention to the inner workings inside of each of us.

As a wonderful spiritual teacher of mine, Vernon Howard, stated many years ago, "God/Truth/Reality is always speaking to you. You're just looking the other way." That's a very succinct way to put what is attempted to being relayed via these words of mine.

Life is there. It's in all of us. It's inside of us yet we don't want to truly know that. We would rather seek outside and then blame the outside event or person or circumstance for what it brings to us.

But, the real key here is to know that what it is that we truly seek, whether that be happiness, clarity, or insight - all of that is already inside of us. We just have to stop looking the other way, and then we'll see.

Then we'll know.

We have to stop looking outside, and turn our focus inside, and then we'll know what it is that is being shown to us.

If only we'll learn to pay attention to what is being shown, then we wouldn't find ourselves seeking out the advice of that next guru, or spiritual leader, or book, or movie, or scheme.

None of that is where Life is existing. Real life doesn't exist there. It exists in each and every one of us. There will be oh so many of us who don't want to pay attention to that fact though. And that's okay. Truth is not for the masses. Truth, Life is for those willing to do what it takes to see the truth of every matter.

It's not up to one who seeks Truth, and Life to assume that some-one, some-thing, some-event outside of them is the answer. It's not.

But, I know so many people, as it was for me for many, many years, will believe without a doubt that that must be the case. So many will believe that it can't be any other way. Truth has to be what is told to us. Truth has to be what is seen by the eyes. Truth has to be what is understood by the Mind.

No. No. And, no.

Truth is what is known by the Heart.

It's in the heart. And everyone has one, so everyone has Truth, Life, existing in them all the time. Every second of every day.

This is not rocket science. But it does take a keen person to be willing to let go of everything that has been picked up along the road of Life to-date. Said another way, one would benefit from putting down by the side of the road all of that baggage, including all the unnecessary assumptions, adopted beliefs, erroneous desires, and unfillable expectations that one presently holds so dearly inside of one-self.

Why? Because Life is not in any of that. That's anti-life. That's death. That's a living death on this plane. We'll all been there. We've all lived in that place for probably a long time now.

And now we have to understand that that is not where Life exists. Again, look inside. Don't force it. Don't figure it out.

Just know.

Know that what you seek, and have been seeking all of your life is inside of you. Always has been. Always will be.

There's no denying the truth of that fact, though you can and probably will try. But, even so, that won't change the Truth.

Life is in all of us. And it's not the life we can smell, see, or hear. It's a level of Life that is only known. It's not believed in. It's not understood.

It's known.

I know this is all sounding pretty wacky and a matter of profundity. But it is what it is.

As you may already know...I write what I write as I realize what I realize. Insights are what they are. And to know an insight of this type is a wonderful experience.

Never again is one living with the belief that one is alone in this world. Never again is one thinking that Life is happening independent of them. Never again is one wishing for Life to go 'their way'.

Why? Because that person knows that Life is always going whichever way that person is going. Always has been, always will.

It's an undeniable truth. Life is always present, everywhere, and in every one.

And that's a wonderful knowing. So, let me finish by asking you...

Are you willing to know what you already know, but don't know that you know?

Let me know when you know.

Written by Andre Best
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'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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February 23, 2008

The Foundation of a True Life

Have you ever paid attention to how much we humans think and believe that we have to explain ourselves to others and prove our self worth to others, usually at our own expense and strength? It's amazing how when one comes into understanding of what shaky ground one stands on in this regard that the light of the matter is seen for what it is.

We all live on a pretty shaky foundation. Yet, all we are doing each day is standing on that foundation and doing whatever it is that we can muster to ensure that the foundation doesn't break apart and collapse, usually from right underneath our figurative feet. And that is where what I spoke about above comes into play at times.

Of course, we're not aware of this imbalance, and ensuing struggle to maintain and regain the balance. But it's there. And it haunts us daily with our unsteady gait as we hopefully traverse forward through life.

It's not to say that this is something that is not expected or not to be planned for in life. In fact, it's pretty much a fact of life once we're able and old enough to know that Life doesn't have to be going the way we think in our small minds that it should be going.

You see, the efforts that we use to try to hold the shaky foundation together, the 'glue' of life that we use to stop it from forever cracking and crumbling underneath the soles/souls of our feet, is when we should realize that Life doesn't have to go this way and be disintegrating before our eyes.

But, like most, we find ourselves screaming for 'More glue! More glue please, I need more glue!!' In other words we are thinking 'Life is beginning to unravel at the edges and I don't know how to stop it!'

Well, fortunately for us it's not a matter of stopping the threads of our life from loosening and destroying the fabric of our existence altogether. No. Rather, it's a matter of knowing when to let go of the struggle that we think we need to have with Life, and because of Life, and instead to just let Life BE.

Period.

It's not up to each of us to ensure that our unsteady foundation we've built our life on doesn't continue to crumble. In fact, we're the cause of the crumbling, but that's the last thing that we want to become aware of and know about with regards to actually what's happening to us.

We want to ensure that whatever is happening is occurring through the fault of something outside of us and that is what is causing the crumbling. Why? Because we only know how to do what we can to have the cracking at the edges of our day not continue into complete disrepair of our life.

I find it kind of interesting that as humans we want to make others responsible for what we're doing to ourselves, individually. We're each making sure to do our best to make our life turn out in a way that we then find ourselves complaining about. Yet, we want others outside of us to be the so-called solution to that crumbling.

It's not OUR perception of what's happening that can be at the root of what is causing us pain. Uh-uh.

It's not OUR view of the world that is making us scared in the core of our soul. No way.

It's not OUR actions that are innocently backfiring and torching us with our own heat that we at first tried to apply to that other person but couldn't make stick or stay pointed in their direction. No sirree, bub.

No, we would rather make someone or some situation outside of us responsible for the fear and the shakiness that we feel from day to day.

But, you know, it doesn't have to stay this way. Why? Because when one knows that it is a matter of understanding that what we have been doing to-date is what is causing our foundations to crumble beneath our feet, everything changes in that instant with regards to that situation.

Once we take individual responsibility for what is happening beneath us as we walk through our days, we will be creating a sense of empowerment from a very deep part of ourselves that no other person can create for us, or put inside of us.

And, once we understand that it's not up to some outside action to make each of us feel the strength inside - the inner resolve and fortitude - to handle what happens outside, then we'll know that the rebuilding of our shaky foundation is what is needed. And, more importantly, to help create the strong mortar that'll forever hold things together: only we can do it.

You see, it's not a matter of shoring up the edges and keeping the walls inside from crumbling further. Rather, get the sledgehammer out and start swinging away at each shoring and let the shaky foundation walls come tumbling and crashing down. Why?

Because the foundation that is falling apart right now under you isn't the foundation of your True life.

Let me rephrase: It's a false foundation that you personally put there, thinking that it was right and true, and strong enough to hold you up and support you through your days here. Unfortunately, this was misinformation on yours and others parts, but now you know what is really needed to ensure that you are firm in your position in life as you move forward through your time here.

There is another way to be in the world, a way that doesn't involve being a heavy morass that can't be there for others, never mind being there for oneself in the first place.

That's why no one is able to truly support anyone else - not that that is what should be being done in the first place. But, when the current foundation that each of us stands on and wobble on throughout our day is allowed to disintegrate and a new stronger Right foundation is allowed to be integrated anew, the world we know changes for the better and becomes brighter each and every day.

Again, is this easy and an overnight fix? Of course, you know by reading my blog that you should know the answer to that question by now.

Which is, of course, this takes effort on one's part, the part of the person willing to do the work. And that effort needs to be maintained for quite some time.

But using the analogy of the proverbial thirsty traveler crawling through the dry and desolate desert, that taste, and then the memory of the taste of that first drop of sweet water is all that is needed to keep one moving forward continuing to seek and find ways to get the next taste, or in the context of this article, solidify the foundation of their New Life.

After all, I think most of us would rather be looking forward though our days, instead of looking down to ensure that we don't step in a newly-opened pothole or on a wide crack that could break our stride, if not our leg, right?

So, do what you can to go to your local right-brained hardware store inside your head, and ask the clerk at the insights counter where the sledgehammers are. And, once gotten, do your best to 'swing away' at your current shaky foundation.

Oh how strong you'll feel afterwards. And what a new, firm, and secure foundation you'll be building on incredibly solid ground too. I promise.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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January 20, 2008

Sticking to the Truth

Sometimes sticking with what we said we would stick with can get kind of sticky. Take anything that you had committed yourself to, or had given your word to someone that you would do it. And, so once said or stated, you were stuck with following through with your commitment. Or, at least you were in a commitment that someone else knew about and therefore knew whether you did it, or not.

Kind of hard to get out of if it’s something that you no longer want to do, or never wanted to do, or don’t want to do any longer, isn’t it? When someone else knows that you have a commitment to something you’re now held accountable, if at least figuratively. And so not following through with what it was that you said you would now puts you in a sticky situation that may take some finagling to get out of. Or some outright lying.

Isn’t it amazing sometimes to what length some people will go to in order to get out of doing something that they said they would do? You know what I mean, we’ve all been there. Something that they gave their word on or expressed that they would follow through with. But, alas, these days one’s word doesn’t mean very much anymore. Words are trite, diminished, and virtually meaningless.

And, so, when somebody does follow through with what they stated they would do, we find ourselves rather surprised, and maybe even pleased that we are in the company of a person who is keeping to their word.

A rare thing nowadays.

So, where am I going with all this? Well, just to state that when a commitment is made it’s oh-so-easy to say the words, but it’s a whole new thing to actually put those words to use and make them mean something.

Take our commitment to others, and how we value them in our relationships. We say we care for them. We say we love them. We say they mean a lot to us. We even tell those Others how significant and important they are in our life and how much we value who they are. And then we find that we are capable of being able to lie to them, mistreat them, and behave in ways that no one deserves or asks for.

How many times have you been told by someone that you are so important in their life and then a few scant months or years later you are trodden upon and taken advantage of at every turn?

How many times have you been told that you are loved by that other person, yet at the same time they are doing as much as they can to ensure that they are getting what they want, and all the while you’re not knowing what is happening ‘behind your back’?

This doesn’t just include spouses, and partners, it also includes friends and lovers. Why? Because people are people.

They say one thing, and then do another thing. Usually.

Now, I know that I may be coming across sounding jaded and soured by Life, but no, I’m not meaning to sound this way. If you search your memory and those relationships you’ve been involved with with others, you’ll too find that other people you’ve come across exhibited the behaviors I’m writing about here. And, if you truly can’t come up with any, then search for memories of events described wherein you were the instigator of such actions. Not pretty, is it?

You see, it’s not such a pretty thing to acknowledge that this is a basic fact of human nature. We commit to people, and situations and then when those situations turn sour or are no longer to our liking, we do what we can to find a way out of that now painful situation, even if it means lying to other people, or hiding actions, or blatantly making statements right to the face of that person whom we previously made the commitment which we can no longer keep for whatever reason.

Life does that to us at times. It turns, its twists, it ends up not the way we expect it to. And then we find ourselves in situations that now look different from what they began as. And yet we’re stuck in them and having to either continue in them, or find a way out. No matter what.

But, this is where the true nature of a person can shine through though. You see, we all find ourselves in situations that are not to our liking or are not turning out how we expected them to. So, either we have to change that situation, or we have to get out of it altogether.

We can do this brutally and destructively. Or we can do it with grace and regard.

We can lie and cheat, and fake our way out of it. Or we can be honest and truthful, and forthright, and ruthlessly loving if need be.

Think of the outcome of the former tactic just mentioned. Think of how the situation, the painful participation we’ve found ourselves a part of ends up through using that methodology. Lies. Deceit. Pretense. Pain. Damage. Maybe even violence.

Think of how using the latter tactic mentioned causes the situation to end up. Honesty. Truthfulness. Full knowing. Care. Concern. Regard. And, yes, sometimes pain.

But think if you’re the one having an exit thrust upon you by someone else.

Wouldn’t you rather have the person who is needing to remove themselves from your life or that situation you both know about be open and honest and upfront with you (and themselves)? After all, we’re all adults here.

So, wouldn’t you rather be the adult who gets treated like one?

And think of how you will feel if you’re the one having to exit that situation you had previously committed to or gave your word to. Wouldn’t you like to be seen as an adult who respects and treats others as the person they deserve to be treated as? That is, an honest and respected friend/lover/partner? Think how they’ll think of you, if even many years from now.

There will be a part of them that will know that they were treated with love and care and respect when that exit was thrust upon them by you. They will know that their feelings and concerns and thoughts were taken into consideration and they were treated as another human being, not a child who is unable to process the truth because they don’t have the mental faculties to do so yet.

I know that I can handle the truth and that that is how I want to be treated by those in my life, and around me. Be upfront with me. Be honest with me. No games. No lying. No cheating and finagling and squirming out of a situation like a snake.

We’re all adults here. Let’s treat each other like such and see how much better our lives will be.

I’ll bet that you’ll agree that were others to treat you in this manner that you would be much happier, and yet sad at the ending at the same time.

You see, we all need to make commitments that ultimately we can’t end up keeping. That’s a part of life, and growing up. And there are words that we say that no longer ring true for us and that we have spoken to others and they expect us to follow through with. But a simple fact of life is that these words change. Life comes at us and pulls the validity of the words and their application out of our hands at times.

And that is when Life comes up to us and says ‘deal with this’. Get out of this the best you can.

And like the proverbial rubber-meeting-the-road cliché, that is when we are able to see how strong and supportive our spine is.

Do we run from the situation in any way that we can? Or do we stand up straight and deal with it head-on, with grace, dignity, truth, and genuine full concern for the person we are subjecting to this matter.

Overall, I think as I write this article that the world itself would be a much better place to reside in, were we all capable of remembering the gist of this soapbox statement I’m making, and then put it to active use as we go about roaming through our days with those we have told ourselves we care about, and perhaps even love.

Nice thought, eh?

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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December 8, 2007

Responsibly Responding to Responsibility

Okay, let me preface this article by stating that I'm going to be writing about something that is dear to my heart, but at the same time will probably alienate a lot of my readers and perhaps cause them to want to take andrebest.com off of their favorites or bookmarks tab. That's okay if that is what happens.

You see, if what I write about offends you or irks you or riles you in any way, the only reason that that happens is not because of what I wrote and attempted to impart via this article and these words. No, rather it is because what I wrote, and subsequently what you read activated and energized inside of you something that resonated with what I wrote about.

And that resonation, that similarity, that mirroring was disturbing to you and you didn't like feeling that feeling inside.

And, voilà, you take me off of your 'favorites' list or 'bookmark' tab.

Think about that.

How have we all lived our lives to-date? We blame the other for how we feel, right? We hold their feet to the proverbial fire when WE are feeling something that is unpleasant or something that is considered as dark or negative energy inside of US. We say to ourselves, if only silently:

"They did that."

"They didn't do that."

"They make me feel that way."

"They did that to me."

"They made me do it."

Said differently, we don't take responsibility for what we feel inside and what we subsequently do with those internal feelings.

And that's where and when things begin to go awry within each of us who are still under this emotional blaming type of conditioning that we were raised with and had inculcated into us from birth.

You see, when someone does something that irks you or 'gets you angry', it's not what they do or did that caused this inside of you. It's not their fault, in other words.

Even if they did: cut you off in traffic on the local roadway; or cut in front of you in line at the local superstore; or not know what you wanted; or not know what you were feeling or expecting from them; or intentionally do that action to hurt you; or even accidentally forgot to pay attention to what they were saying when they mispoke those words to you.

There are thousands of examples each of us go through each day, outside of us, that fit in this category of externality. But, no matter what the specific external event involved, it all boils down to one main point vital to understanding this whole matter.

That is...

YOU are feeling what you're feeling.

YOU are going through the negative feelings that you're going through.

YOU have this morass of blackness being stirred up inside of you.

It's all in YOU.

It's NOT outside in them. Or that situation. Or that external cause.

It's in YOU.

You're the one who's vibrating with the energies that you are attempting to place outside of you, but can't get to stick with the other.

You are the one who is having all of this occur inside of you and yet you are doing your best to place the reason, the blame, for these energies and feelings that are occurring inside of you, on something or someone outside of you.

Well, this is where I get tough when I bluntly say...

"Grow up. Take responsibility for what YOU are feeling."

YOU are feeling what you are feeling.

You are feeling what you are feeling inside simply because there is a nature inside of you that has previously felt that feeling, those energies before (and they aren't comfortable energies either) and you are once again being triggered into feeling those feelings in the now.

So, what is the result of this internal event going on inside of each of us (yes, the writer too)? The result is that we do whatever we can to play a game of emotional 'tag' with someone outside of us.

"Tag, you're it. YOU'RE responsible for my feelings now. YOU'RE the one to blame for how I feel."

"I tagged you. So, you're the one who is responsible now. You caused this, so you have to do something to figure it out and make my dark feelings go away so the game can continue to be played."

"But, you can't 'tag' me back. Because, remember, the cardinal rule of the game. It's not my fault. It's now YOURS because you're IT."

I ask you: What would the world be like, what would each of our worlds, namely, the internal ones be like were each of us individually, solely, and unilaterally, to take responsibility for what we are feeling inside?

What would our days be like were we to accept complete and unconditional and total responsibility for what we are feeling inside as the crazy world revolves around our constrained emotional hearts and overly sensitive feelings?

What would each of us be like tomorrow and every day thereafter and in-between, were each of us to take full and total ownership of what we were experiencing inside?

The world happens.

Things happen.

And, yet, what if we were to take responsibility for our reaction to what happens?

Think about that.

What would happen were we to take 100 percent responsibility and total ownership for our reactions to what happens to us in Life?

Well, for starters, we would not place blame on someone, something, some entity outside of us. Rather, we'd know it's our reaction to the action that is at hand. It's our reaction to what is happening outside of us that is the rub.

It's OUR response to that event. It's OUR reaction to what we are telling ourselves about that occurrence, or that injustice, or that happening that is unfair.

It's totally OUR job to take ownership and full claiming of what we are feeling inside. Not them. Not they. Not those others. Not that. Not this.

Me.

You.

Us.

Individually.

Internally.

Fully.

Completely.

Unconditionally.

Think about that. What would your day be like were you to have to own what happens inside of you? What kind of work would you have to do if you were no longer allowed to point the finger at anything outside of you as an excuse or explanation for what is happening inside of you?

Wouldn't that be an uncomfortable situation to be in, eh?

Think of what you'd be forced to do with that energy build up inside.

Either you'd implode, or you'd be forced to deal with it in some way that would allow you to constructively and positively express the inner stirrings you are owning.

You would take responsibility for what you feel. You'd feel. Period.

You'd own what your reaction is.

You'd be able to see your part in what your reaction is in response to what the action that occurred outside of you was.

Your world would become brighter. You know why?

Because you'd finally know, one day, that because you are responsible for your reactions to Life, and no one else, that you actually have the power to create the world you have always wanted.

A world free of inner conflict, and strife, and blaming, and threatening, and hurting.

You'd be creating a world inside of you that is able to respond to the many, many events of Life that are right now perceived and unpalatable, unacceptable, and unwanted, and you'd be able to go through them without the prior response and struggle that you've heretofore accepted as the only 'response' to Life.

You'd be in a brighter place. You'd be lighter in your living with Life. You'd be the person who can really, solely, individually, and powerfully make a difference in your small world surrounding you.

And, that would make you the kind of person who is able to read something like this article and understand that there is another world out there, inside of you.

Do yourself a favor. Read this article again.

And again. And, one more time.

You'll be encouraged not only by what you read, but by what you feel inside.

You see, I've written these words, but the truthful resonance of these words INSIDE OF YOU, belongs to Truth, which is wonderfully available to us all if we're willing to do the work to allow it to speak to us, individually and internally, when these reactions to Life come up.

That's where and when the work starts. But, oh, what a lifetime reward undertaking that work continues to provide.

So, are you willing to roll up your sleeves and get to work?

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.andrebest.com
'Learn About Life From Another Perspective'

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November 22, 2007

Living Life Large

I can’t help but find it interesting how Life gives and offers to us exactly what we need, when we need it. Nothing more, nothing less. It always knows exactly what is needed for each of us to grow in our understanding, or at least it seems that way to me.

But, then, this begs the question as to why we don’t grow in our existence as we’re meant to do. The only answer which I am able to currently surmise is that we get in our own way. We stand in the way of expansion and growth, and understanding, and we put up our hand and say “Halt.” And, even sometimes, “Halt, who goes there?”

But, if one really allows themselves to get to a place of understanding of how the universe works, they will easily see that the universe is offering an opportunity to grow beyond the person that one now is.

But how many of us are willing to pick up that proverbial baton of life and run with it? Not many of us, I surmise.

Why? Because it’s scary to allow Life to happen as it is happening.

We want to control.

We want to make sure that Life happens as we want it to, expect it to, and demand it to.

We want to control the outcome. We want to believe that we have a semblance of ability to ensure the outcome of Life events, especially those that occur in our existence in our days here with our surroundings.

But, as we all know, sometimes things happen that are completely beyond our control. And then we are set back on our backside wondering, ‘what happened?’

“How could this happen to me?” we cry. This isn’t the way things are ‘supposed to be’ we tell ourselves.

But, I believe that what is currently in front of us, that situation, that event, that circumstance, is exactly what we need at the moment we need it.

Life is giving us a wakeup call. "Wake up to what?" you ask?

Wake up to life. Wake up to what it is that you need to know and yet are doing your best to get in the way of, to stand in front of.

Life gives us what it knows we need. Life is just happening as it is happening and there is virtually nothing we can do about it as it happens.

"Oh, but we can do something about it." you say. "We can control what happens to us. We can drive our cars that way, we can eat the foods we want to eat, we can treat others the way we do. That is how we are controlling what happens to us, right?"

I beg to differ.

I believe that there is a bigger happening occurring here. Something that is much broader and more expansive in scale than our puny attempts at control and controlling our life events.

We can choose what gets put in our mouth, but we can’t chose what happens to our bodies, to this meat sack we were blessed with. No matter how much we eat healthy foods, exercise proper amounts, and live a balanced life of stress free existence, all of that still doesn’t guarantee anyone, anyone, the truth of an existence free of disease.

No one truly, wholly knows why this is the case. We hear of smokers who smoke for over half a century and live to grow old and disease free. And we hear of babies born into a short existence of illness and pain and sudden death.

Do any of us really have the answer, definitively, as to why this happens? I don’t think so.

Life is going to come at us, whether we want it to or not. So what can we do about it, seeing as how it’s an out-of-our-control type of ride that we’re each riding through life?

Well, very simply...enjoy the ride. Understand that there are very few things that are truly under your control, and instead, opt to BE with life, AS it happens.

There is nothing to go against here. There is only the outcome of your resistance to what is happening that is making what is happening seem as it does. Life is neither good nor bad. It just is.

We are the ones placing labels on everything that occurs during our days as either good or bad. Wanted or unwanted.

I’m reminded of the movie reviews I sometimes read online prior to bringing my boys to see a kids movie that is just released. The reviewer of the movie article writes his or her review and discusses their take on the show. Sometimes they write that the movie is horrible and not worth the money to see it. Other times they write that the movie is unbelievably funny and worth the price of admission.

But, really, it all comes down to what my kids think of the movie. They sometimes come away from the show loving what they saw, no matter how bad the reviews were. How bad the reviewer thought the movie was, was irrelevant. The reviewer’s experience and labeling of the movie as ‘bad’ was meaningless, except to him or her. The boys thought the show was 'great'.

It’s all a matter of perspective.

Life doesn’t have to be going good or going bad. Life is just going.

Life doesn’t have to be a struggle or a free ride, it just is what is happening and we’re here with it as it occurs.

There is so much happening throughout each of our days that offers clues and insights into the magic of the moment, but we aren’t listening. We aren’t paying attention.

One of my favorite inner development teachers, Vernon Howard, once stated, ‘God is always speaking to you, you’re just looking the other way’. Although we each have our own version of the Creator, we can get the gist of what is being spoken here.

The universe is showing us what it had created for us to see and personally experience. It has given us an opportunity to walk along with it as we tiptoe to our mortal graves.

But, no, we want to resist, we want to be dragged by the hair as we’re pulled forward to our existential reality.

Some of us even want to pull on the hand of existence and attempt to stop it from moving on with its path through eternity. How ludicrous.

So, whaddaya say that you take a bit of time and realize that Life is happening as it is happening for reasons that none of us, and I mean none, can understand as to why it is happening as it is. How about you ponder the fact that no manner of resistance, or doubt, or denial of what is, is going to change what is.

Life is happening. Life is going forward as it is going forward; it is occurring as it is no matter how much we may not want it to.

Mine the jewels of existence. Search for the diamonds in every experience that is brought in front of you. There is gold in every event of Life. There are riches beyond our knowing that can make our puny little lives and our existence so much more than it currently is. Each and every day.

Are you willing to do the work to just be with Life as it is, without adding your Self to the equation, and messing up the answer?

There was once a very popular vehicle bumper sticker stating "Crap Happens" (this is a family-friendly article, so I took the liberty of rewording the offensive four-letter word). I would like to re-phrase that once popular saying to reflect what is really being shared here, that is, realize, truly understand deep inside your being that "Life Happens".

Let Life happen, without you getting in the way. And then watch what happens TO you. And be prepared to be surprised. Results guaranteed.

Written by Andre Best
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October 7, 2007

A Matter of Choice

Every moment of every day we are all given choices to make. Not just the big ones, like what we need to do for the next ten years of our life, but all the way down to what color footwear should be worn with the outfit we are wearing. Even perhaps smallish choices like which route to take to work this morning, seeing as how the regular road is stuck in a traffic jam.

But, even seemingly insignificant choices such as these could have life altering impacts to us, and to those around us. Remember that old story about the flapping of the wings of the butterfly causing a hurricane half way around the world because of the turbulence it causes with its flapping?

Well, one could take the types of choices and decisions discussed in this article as being akin to that story. Or they may not.

But, either way, we are all faced with many many decisions that we can make and choices to choose between that can have life altering impacts, overall.

Think about that alternative route to work that must now be chosen because of that traffic jam. That new way to work might cause us to be involved in a traffic jam, whereas before that wouldn't have been the case with the same 'ol, same 'ol, way to work.

We've all heard about that unfortunate airline passenger who arranged last minute to take that standby seat on that fateful flight that ended abruptly when the pilot ditched the plane in the ocean and all aboard perished.

That's the type of stuff that seems to be out of our control.

And perhaps it is. We all will meet our Maker someday. No exceptions.

But it's the choices that we make in the mean time that dictate just how that meeting with the Maker is going to go. And that is what most people sometimes lose sleep over at night thinking about and worrying over.

Just what is going to become of each of us as we are beseeched to meet the omniscient presence on the Other Side of Life.

We may be held up against the choices we made on This Side. Personally, I highly suspect this to be the case.

What type of choices have you made that you are proud of? What one's aren't you so happy to share with others? What one's keep you awake at night? What one's don't?

What one's do you say aren't impacting and that other person deserved what he or she got, in the end? What one's didn't turn out the way you have planned them to or wanted them to and now you live in regret over that choice made perhaps oh-so-long-ago?

We all know that we have each made choices that have negatively impacted other people. Perhaps people especially close and-or meaningful in our life.

Family.

Friends.

Loved ones

No longer loved ones.

What did we do to them that we regret now? What types of choices did we make to hurt them or cause them harm, perhaps intentionally?

What is it that we tell ourselves that the other deserved so that is why we made the choices and the decisions that we did regarding that situation?

What is it that we will go to the Maker spouting that that was what was deserved by that other person? And using excuses like, 'they hurt me first, so I struck back'.

Yeah, that'll convince.

How many situations like that are we justifying in our own minds, if not anywhere else?

How many choices have we made out of spite and intentional disregard for the consequences of our actions? Choices that had no way to become anything positive and ultimately solely served to purposefully and maliciously harm another, or perhaps several others.

These types of choices are made out of harm and malice and aren't something easy to recover from by stating that WE had no choice.

Truth knows the Truth about these choices.

Also, there's no hiding these facts to the face in the mirror that we see every morning regarding the choices we've made.

When we've made choices that were meant to harm someone close to us, or in our lives, intentionally, I believe that the harmer, the no-do-gooder, will ultimately be facing the consequences of those choices and decisions at some point in the future.

Truly, what goes around comes around. It doesn't have to take long either. Or wait until the Other Side. It could happen tomorrow.

The Universe is always seeking to balance itself out. That's a known Law. It doesn't matter how we know or don't know how it is trying to do this.

The actuality of the situation is the simple fact that it will. Period.

When choices are made that are intentionally hurtful to others and limiting to their development on this physical plane, the choices that were made regarding the limiting of another will ultimately be returned to the one instituting the limiting by the choice made. Again, period.

Life is pretty unforgiving in that regard.

It will make each of us pay for our actions.

It will make each of us aware that there are serious, sometimes gravely serious, consequences for the choices we've made. Especially the ones that involved making a choice to intentionally hurt another's life or well-being.

Especially when there were other choices available where that didn't have to be the intent, or the actual outcome.

That's when things get kind of nasty and set in stone that eventually the price will be paid by that person who is believing that 'they had no choice'. Yeah, right.

In no uncertain terms, this choice made will be returned in kind.

So, think about this.

If you agree, good for you.

If you don't, then continue to go on making the choices that you make. Hurting others.

Ignoring other's wants.

Destroying other's livelihoods.

Harming the hearts of those who are innocent.

It may not matter to you that these actions are truly unforgivable. Why? Because you think that you aren't doing anything that needs forgiving.

But, that's okay. Life has a funny way of making things right, in the end.

Wait and see.

We're all waiting, after all. Right?

Written by Andre Best
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August 23, 2007

Silence, Please

Ever notice how hard it is to be in silence, or to live in silence? It's not easy to sit in quiet is it? The silence makes our ears ring. It haunts us with voices that seem to suddenly arise taunting us to do things that we all of a sudden 'need' to do. Interesting beast, the silence, isn't it?

But think how much of our existence we actually don't live in silence. The vast majority of us will do our damndest to not be in silence, to not invite it into our day and our time on this earth. This short time.

Of course, so many of us have lives that are filled to the brim with activities and busy-ness and all that stuff. Nevermind if one has children growing up in the household. Or an infirm partner or family member living under the same roof. The responsibilities of life are many and being able to have the sometimes luxury of being and existing in silence come far and few between.

But, everyone does get silence in their day. Even if it's only during the daily drive to work. Sitting in the car can be a wonderful time of silence. But, most of us don't make the best of that time. We play music. We chat on the phone. We get angry.

Then there's the time at home alone. When we get the opportunity to be alone, how many of us greet it with open arms and say to ourselves that we have been presented with a wonderful chance to be alone with ourselves? Few, I'd bet. Myself included at times.

It's not easy to be alone and silent in the world. Even if the world is our living room. The silence is such a powerful existence, it truly terrifies and scares so many of us that we never want to get to know it. And know ourselves.

But, the silence offers so much food for our soul. It has so much in it that it can take years to find out all that it has for us. And what it has for each of us is truly unique.

The silence is not the same for two people.

Kind of like fingerprints.

And snowflakes.

The silence is a truly golden and unique moment to each of us. It is something that can only be personally experienced. And then it can never be truly and fully shared because it is our own silence that we were in. Not theirs. Ours. And ours alone.

So, why is the silence something that so many do whatever they can to not get to know during their day?

I surmise through personal experience and learning that the silence speaks volumes to us in ways that we at times are incapable of hearing, or desiring to pay attention to. And it doesn't need an invitation or a special greeting to come into our realm of perception.

All it needs is for us to sit silent.

Or close our mouth, and open our mind.

Or pay attention to ourselves when the world is swimming around us.

Or fully embrace the thickness of the air when the world is quiet at 3:00 a.m. and the house is still.

There is so much we can learn about ourselves when we sit in silence during our own personal quiet time during the day. It doesn't take much.

Just be quiet. And then pay attention to what it is telling you.

That, that is what is sometimes frightening, or enlightening. And for many, the former is what was experienced, and that is why the silence is not sought out and caressed through its sharing itself with us. Rather, the silence is denied, rejected, and pushed away at all costs.

But, remember, there is enlightenment and insight beyond the sometimes frightening moments that the silence brings. It has so much to teach us if we'll only listen to it.

What can it tell you? That is up to you.

You have your silence that is yours, and yours only. And it is ready to share with you exactly what you need to know when you're ready to hear it. But, it's up to you to make the time during your day and invite the silence into that space created in your existence.

There is truly a lot to know about this silence. Your silence. It's all about you. It's all good for you. It wants to teach you and help you learn about yourself and bring light and life into your day.

Ask yourself if you're willing to sit in the silence for, say, ten minutes each day. Begin with that.

It doesn't have to be formal. It doesn't have to be fancy and all thought out.

Just go quiet.

Simple.

And then watch.

And, learn.

There is so much silence around you. There is so much in it.

There is so much love in it. It wants to share that love with you.

Are you willing to allow it?

Written by Andre Best
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July 20, 2007

Saying Yes to Saying No

Ever notice how sometimes it's so hard to not do something that you know you shouldn't be doing? Ever wonder why that is the way it is? Or, putting it another way, ever notice how you find yourself doing something that you know you don't want to do? Ever wonder why you find yourself in an outcome like that at times? Perhaps more often than not?

It's surprising at the best of times how many times we can sometimes find ourselves doing things that we would rather not do. We're all prone to this. We're all human. We all have things to do in our lives, other priorities, other matters to take care of, other people to live with and consider. In essence, we all have lives to live.

But let's detail this closer.

Think about what happens behind all the obvious reasons for doing or not doing what we want to do. Think about it. What happens inside of you when you find yourself doing something that you know you really don't want to be doing? Afterwards, you beat yourself up in some way. You berate yourself. You go on a guilt trip. Right?

Why does all this happen? Why not just not do it and be done with it?

Well, first, there's a nature inside of us that wants us to be in angst. It wants us to be in conflict with ourselves. It makes us say 'yes', when we really want to say 'no' to a situation. It wants us to be acting from a place of supposed agreement so we think that we absolutely have to do what it is that is being presented to us.

For the vast majority of us there is a part of each of us, a nature in us, that wants us to not do what we need to do to help ourselves and take care of our needs. Even a need as simple as saying 'no' to some activity that would be going against what it is that we know best serves our interest. And, then saying 'yes' to the activity or the decision that allows us to take care of ourselves, perhaps even at the expense of someone else being disappointed.

This is kind of like the paraphrasing I share here as it relates to St. Paul's statement that he found himself "doing the evil he didn't want to do, instead of the good he wanted to do."

It's not easy to give ourselves what we need. It's not easy for most to allow themselves to put their self first in their life. Most of us have to put others, and other activities, and other things ahead of our own needs and wants and desires. And this usually creates conflict, angst, and guilt for most.

You see, sometimes, many times, Life wants and asks us to say 'no' to what someone else wants. Even at the supposed expense of 'needs' of the other that heretofore were deemed unacceptable. And many times our Spirit is screaming out to us to have us listen to what it is telling us we need to feed it at a particular moment. It's just that most times we aren't listening.

You see, by being 'nice' when we would rather stay quiet, by being 'agreeable' when we'd rather not be, are examples of two types of actions, amongst many, that unbeknownst to us are slowly eating away at our Soul. And, also, are usually causing us to feel animosity and resentment towards the person or persons on the other side of the situations causing this usually habituated action in us.

It's not easy to say no. Even if it's to ourselves. It's something that we were trained to not do as children. We were trained to obey. We were trained to follow the rules, and follow the leader...usually blindly. And this is what we did as we grew up and we began to become ever more so a part of a busy and demanding society and all its needs.

But, there is a way out. However, this way is generally something that is not widely accepted, but it is something that can be widely used.

Simply put yourself first and put your needs first, when you're clear that this is an appropriate action to take and won't be actually harming anyone or anything else. We are not talking about large and immense activities here. We're talking the small stuff that impacts us and makes us whittle down our character and our own needs until there is nothing left to live from.

This is what is meant, in this aspect, by the road less travelled.

...Taking the hard way.

...Making a clear path in life.

...Going against the grain.

These all cause what appears as strife in our life. But, in the end these decisions, and then actions, are also ways for us to take care of what truly should matter most...

Our Self.

And our Spirit. We all have one.

And when we're doing only the things that our Spirit wants us to do, even things that don't appear prudent, like saying 'no', we'll find that we are much better able to live with our selves, because we're taking care of ourselves first, and in a sideways manner the needs of others via our placing ourselves first. We've all heard the saying "If you want to take care of others, take care of yourself first."

Again, all of this has to be taken with consideration of the true needs of others such as children, and those in need of genuine impacting help. And, of course, our bosses and co-workers, and other important affairs of that sort. I think you know what is being relayed here as to what type of situations this effort can be made. That is, situations where primarily only you will be aware that you stood up for your Soul by saying 'no'.

I think that many of us can find many instances during our day where we were and would be better served were we to say 'no' to that situation. Anything from saying 'no' to that next donut, to saying 'no' to that telemarketer who is asking for our time when we're truly busy, and all the way to saying 'no' when someone wants us to stand up from our chair and do something that we don't really feel comfortable doing and we know in our Heart of Hearts that saying 'no' is the right thing to do.

There are many ways in Life where one can say 'no' to an event and by doing so know that they are also saying 'yes' to what the heart and Soul want. And if you are that person appropriately saying 'no' when before you inappropriately used to say 'yes', you might find yourself pleasantly surprised how much better you feel knowing that you're honoring your Spirit.

And, since you're now not eating that next donut...can I have it? Please?

Written by Andre Best
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June 7, 2007

The Acceptance of Resistance

We are wonderful creatures of resistance to what is. Resistance of the present. Resistance of what was. Resistance of what is. We resist, and then we resist our notion of actually admitting to ourselves that we are being resistant.

It's almost as if resistance is a tool that we use to defend ourselves against Life and to not allow for true change to occur inside of us. Deep change. Lasting, permanent change.

Why? Well, resisting is much, much easier at times than acceptance, right? After all, resistance allows us to be right. Resistance allows us to not question what wasn't. Resistance allows us to not have to align with what didn't happen as we wanted it to.

Resistance seems to be the only answer to what we need to do when Life doesn't align itself with our expectations and demands. But, that is why we live lives of resistance. We resist what is.

On the opposite side of the coin is acceptance.

Acceptance of what is. That is, actually becoming aware and seeing the resistance as being present and just doing nothing about it. Simply becoming aware that it is present, that it exists in our existence right now.

Not doing anything about it is the answer, because any other action actually just perpetuates the resistance. Action just solidifies it and strengthens it inside of us and in our present situation.

Acceptance of what is is one part of what needs to be done to escape from resistance. But acceptance of the resistance is also necessary. Acceptance that the resistance exists is vital to overcoming resistance.

But, even this can be hard for most. Even this, as seemingly simple as it is can be confronted with immense resistance. After all, why change? Why alter what is? Why not maintain angst over what isn't? What's the harm in that?

Well, I could name several harms, but the one that seems to be most important and damaging is that hanging onto the notion that resistance is necessary is what destroys one's soul. Resistance is a parasite that latches onto the soul and eats away at it in its 'rightness' and stance.

But, acceptance, is coming from a place of Love for what is, what is in reality, even if it isn't what one wants, or expects, or demands. It's an unconditional aligning with the is-ness of Life.

Life happens.

And, once one aligns with Life, in essence they accept it and they are living in alignment with the inner hidden side of themselves, their Soul.

This is not a hard thing to do. But, it does take an inner gumption, to do it.

It takes a willingness to let go of the resistance and all that it seemingly offers with its invisible empty promises. And, then, aligning with the actuality of the current situation in front of you, and breathing in what is in existence. Full and total acceptance of what is.

Acceptance, although easy to understand as being necessary, is often viewed as not an easy thing to align one's self to. Why? Well, it's not something that immediately comes to mind for most as being even a remote possibility. But it is a most soothing reminder of what is on the other side of our all-too-common stance of resistance to what is.

We are creatures of resistance. We have been raised to resist. We have been raised to fight. We have been raised to believe that if we don't do all that, that we will be at risk, that is, that something will come our way, something that is not palatable nor acceptable.

But, as an extremely enlightened teacher of mine, Mr. Vernon Howard, was known to state many times throughout his decades of teaching and helping others..."Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance."

Read that again, or rather, I'll state it again...

"Resistance to the disturbance IS the disturbance."

Let go of resistance when it comes up. And you might find yourself dangling in the unknown. But, you know what? That unknown your feet might be precipitously balancing on IS the other side of the coin of resistance.

That unknown is the loving place of acceptance of whatever the situation that is now in front of you is proffering to you to accept.

Why don't you go ahead and give yourself the love that the situation is showing you, and allow your Self to accept what is.

Remember this next time Life occurs contrary to what you expect.

Remember this next time you know you are in a place of resistance.

Simply notice the resistance. Nothing more. Absolutely nothing more.

The noticing is everything.

The noticing puts you on the side of acceptance. It plants the seed inside of you and shows your Soul that you are open to the possibility of acceptance of Life as it simply is, not the way you think it should be.

And that, THAT, is the way out of resistance and into acceptance of Life as it wondrously is. As always.

Written by Andre Best
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May 28, 2007

Oh, For the Love of...

Have you ever experienced the fact of actually enjoying doing something from deep within your heart and yet fighting with actually doing it? Perhaps it's building a relationship. Perhaps it's building a career. Perhaps it's actively playing with your children. Perhaps it's taking the effort to go out with friends to that latest flick. Perhaps it's finding the time and making the effort to write that latest entry in your blog.

Life has a funny way of showing us where our heart strings are really tied to. And where they're not. How? Easy. Watch where your actions go. And notice where they don't.

Do you think that you like doing a certain activity, yet when it comes to doing it you find yourself making up excuses for not doing it when it really comes down to it? Or do you experience yourself joyously jumping at the chance to experience that task and all that it offers you every time that it presents itself to you and our day?

Life is showing you where your heart lives. Life is working very hard to get you to see beyond your mind. Life is working ever so diligently to have you know that it knows where you should be spending your time and not what you think you should be doing with that time. That precious time that you have to make things work.

Life speaks to us all the time.

It's just that we're not listening.

There are so many instances in one's day where Life is working to show us where we really should be honoring our Spirit inside. And where we shouldn't. But, for most people, this is something that we choose to ignore. And sometimes at our own peril.

You know the feeling. That sixth sense. That gut feeling. That sensing that the thing that you look forward to doing at the time that you're not doing it, and yet, when the opportunity comes to do it, you find yourself not salivating to do it anymore.

That's the sixth sense speaking to you, in a roundabout way. It's working to tell you that your mind is playing a trick on you. It's trying to show you that you need to be watchful for what the mind is telling you, and to follow your heart instead.

When it comes to doing what you really want to do, everything inside of you is in sync with that passion. Everything is working with you towards that end, not against you fighting the ending. Life wants you to be happy. Life wants you to have what you want. Life wants to work with you to give you the experiences that you so desire. But, often, one's mind gets in the way and stops the opportunity from taking place and being enjoyed.

Think about what you want to do. And then feel if it feels right. Feel if it makes sense inside to be doing that wanting. And if it doesn't, then just simply don't do it. Don't do it because that was the mind playing you for a sap and trying to get you to once again go along with it to no end. It wanted you to believe that that thing would allow you to experience the joy of what you were imagining. But, we all know that that is most often not the case in instances like this.

But, when the heart is listened to, when the heart is followed, when the heart is honored, then life is experienced to the utmost. Life is experienced as wonderful serendipity and faithful occurrence. Why is this so?

Because Spirit was honored.

Because Spirit was aligned with and allowed to be experienced through to its wonderful conclusion.

Life is speaking to us throughout our days. It's just that we're so busy being mindful that we don't hear it. And when Life is allowed to be experienced, then that task that is so effortful, now becomes effortless, virtually. And you become aligned with your Spirit and Life itself, and, as an added benefit you are also feeding your Heart.

And we all know how one feels inside when that happens. Ain't it grand?

And, there is one more thing that you just might find out when you find yourself aligning more with the inside voice.

You might find that since you are not fighting with life to make it go and appear and run the way you and your mind think it should be, that you are now more happy, more satisfied, more aligned with what Life had in store for you from the get-go.

Just now you're allowing it to just be, inside of you, and that will bring with it a sense of inner peace. Inner peace, something that most of us don't feel too much during our days here on Earth. That deep knowing that everything is going as it should go. Not according to our plans, but according to what it is meant to be happening as, just that, nothing else.

Inner satisfaction.

Inner peace.

Inner happiness that Life is 'working'.

That is what the true meaning of synchronicity is, as far as this writer is concerned. Inner alignment, with what is already and has always been aligned. Sweet.

Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
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