michaelsharrington (Hridayam)

Millions of people in the United States have a chronic illness right now. Each day is an adventure for them. They may or may not have energy to be socially active and functional enough to work, get out of bed or take a short walk on any given day.  For those who do not have a chronic illness, it is difficult to imagine that such a person may look ‘normal’ -at least sometimes- or have weeks of relative wellness, then weeks or months on end of debilitation.

And at this point, I could tell you about the latest health issues experienced here: ankle sprain, recurring bladder infection and longstanding chronic issues arising. I might mention various treatments and supplements utilized and include what helped the most along with other insights… but this would miss the most important aspect: surrender. This word ‘surrender’ is all or nothing. You have either surrendered or not. There is no middle ground. Surrender is to let go, to find out what you have not yet given up. Eventually one finds they are sitting in the lap of the Almighty.

I have written about the ozone therapy, dental restoration, juice detoxification and many other nature-based therapies and alternatives to mainstream medicine. Most blogs are written with the false premise that “ I am the body.” Often they are written from a place of fear, however much it was camouflaged.  Deep down, this fear was desperately trying to get the physical body well, so ‘I’ could be well, feel better, and have a more happy, functioning life.

Yet as the spiritual masters tell us, the real body is awareness or as some say consciousness which includes the entire world and is not just limited to one particular human body.

The truth is the ‘I’ is made up, a mental construct. The person/individual is fabricated and created to be the central focus, as if the world revolves around ‘me, that person’.

All of us are burning away obstacles that are not really there to begin with. It is the great cosmic joke. First we make up an identity and then create a fictitious tale of greatness and whoa.