Holding onto Happiness - 3

3 – Clarity and purity

So, as we venture around our mountain once again, we follow a path, a somehow familiar path, but a path that is new, as we are reaching a higher ground as our starting point is not the same, we began our journey some time ago.

The air, as we ascend the mountain, becomes clearer and becomes purer, and as a result of this experience we can begin to see a little further than previously, noticing distant objects and also a subtle vibrancy to those objects close to us.

This clarity and purity may seem rarefied and unfamiliar at first, but as we acclimatise to our new altitude, a sense of comfort and familiarity develops within our experience. As we draw closer to the pool of inner peace that resides within our minds, we will become aware of a clarity and purity within our minds.

A clarity that is a clearness of mind, like a window cleared of condensation, or the clarity of a newly polished mirror – bright, clear and vibrant. And a purity too, a freedom from impurity, like a cool, clear moonlit night – after the dust has settled from the heat of the day.

The clarity within the mind allows an increased awareness, and a stillness that enables us to notice movement, movement that was hitherto unobserved.

These movements of mind, or passing thoughts, are the cause of so much anxiety and distraction, drawing our attention into the blind alleys of worry and fear.

Using this newly found clarity, it becomes possible to develop a mindfulness, empowering us to notice what is happening within our mind, and further enabling choice – choice as to what we think of, and where we wish to direct our mind.

If you could see clearly, what you wanted to think about, and therefore experience, what would you think?


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