By Kevin McEvenue
We come to the last chapter in this exploration of what Perception is for me, how it was first awakened and what my experience is now. As I stop and feel what is there, there is an immediate sense of warmth…sense of love…happiness…a sense of contentment, all around me.
There have been many surprises along the way as my awareness grew in this direct experiencing of Perception. But what surprises me the most right now is how this exploration has come full circle.
Twenty years ago, I wrote a little book entitled “Dancing the Path of the Everyday Mystic” (Available now on Amazon Kindle). When I glanced over it today, I see how I defined the word Mystic. It points to leading an inner-directed life. I realize this is just what I have been doing all these twenty years and more—following a life that is essentially inner-directed!
At the same time, it has also moved my life forward. This feels so true. My life has expanded in so many unexpected ways. It seems to have taken on a life of its own beyond what I could have ever imagined to be possible and to which I have given my consent so willingly.
This concluding podcast speaks for itself. It seems like it’s all coming together in a kind of celebration of life itself!
What I have been searching for in my life has changed remarkably and not even what I thought was wanted or even hoped for. And yet…it seemed exactly what was needed! I was taken care of beyond what I thought I wanted. It helped me avoid some of the pitfalls that I didn’t know were there!
In short: my life matters! I ended up doing what matters. I am able to reach out beyond myself and wait there…invite, and then pause…this is the power of consciousness… Noticing, just noticing! This is the action step that expands me and leads my life forward in spite of myself. It seems to happen almost effortlessly when it feels right! It just happens. That seems to be how it works; perhaps this is how life is meant to work! What I wrote twenty years ago is as true now as it was then. Just lived more fully. So be it!
Intunement #10 An inner Directed Life as Lived
Oh, my, I’m taking in what it could feel like to say truthfully, “My life matters! I ended up doing what MATTERS!”
Oh my gosh. I can sense how satisfying that is, I can touch its edge, and I can see how that is–to an extent–already true in my own life ! I can embrace the possibility that it can become even MORE SO. And something opens up now…..
Thank you Kevin for all you have shared with us from your exploration of perception. Twenty years of willingly living life as a mystic, a life of inner direction you have come to know that you don’t have to do anything. You don’t have to be anything different from what you are. You are the person you are meant to be. Amen!!