I am not the active person type. I don’t do exercise and I don’t do sports. However on my quest to self-enlightenment, I had a short encounter, 2 sessions (grin), with the art of yoga. With my two sessions, I learned that yoga is not merely done to stay fit physically but rather it helps us stay fit as whole person. One very important thing that made an impact in me was the concept of “cosmic flow”, meaning, you won’t need what you won’t get. This is not my first time to encounter the cosmic flow philosophy, I have also heard this from Richard Bach, his was different in context but the meaning is entirely the same. “You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it come true, you however, have to work for it.”
I never realized until now, that I am adopting the cosmic flow philosophy. I was quite aware of it when I was still attune with my yoga learning but since I have not been practicing for months now, I have completely dismiss the idea in my head. I occasionally bring it up to comfort some people I know who needs some form of reassurance in life but then I have never really given it much thought. Then, there are several incidents that happened to me lately that lead me to believe in the cosmic flow even more.
Ok, last Thursday I was hoping to buy a sandal, colored bronze or something, but then they don’t have my size. They have a couple of gold slippers but I was not interested because I was thinking that my entire get up would look much better with a bronze slipper. But later that night as I was trying my dress on, I realized that I should have bought the gold slippers instead. I was so desperate to have one that I have even thought of asking my mom to buy one for me and risking that my slippers may not fit my taste. But that Friday morning, my ever handsome boyfriend came home from manila bearing gifts and guess what, he got me a bag and gold slippers that fit my dress perfectly. The incident amused me.
Early today, I already made a promise to myself that I would attend the Sunday mass. Since I regularly attend the 6 o’ click mass, I never bothered to move an inch when I had all the time in the world to attend the earlier mass wherein the sun was shining full blast. An hour before 6, the sky was grey as it could be and cold wind was blowing hard, bidding the rain to fall any moment. It even came across my mind to just stay at home and not attend the mass at all since God is all ever merciful. *grin* But I didn’t stay at home despite the warning the skies have given me. I brought with me my umbrella and as I walked the damp road I wished hard that it wont rain on me. But alas’ it did rain, it poured while the mass was still going on. And by the time the mass ended, the only trace of the rain was the wet pavement. The cosmic flow.
These incidents are very simple, I know, but then the need I felt was strong. There are a lot of instances in my life wherein the need is pure and strong. And just like what the cosmic flow promise, I always ended up getting it and ending happier than before.
We may have our lives in our hands and it is us who makes the decisions. However, the decisions we make are always half chance and that’s what life is made of, hard choices and a leap of faith.
Undeniable Wisecracks