Life can be lived or seen with opened eyes. Most of us are carried away by the tide of days. We run after wants, wrestle with worries, and tread the warn paths of habit. We move forward but rarely pause to see what we are actually moving through. To see life is to awaken to its quiet beauty, to witness the miracle in the mundane, and to uncover the sacred light within it.
What Does it Mean to “See” Life
To see life is not simply to look with out heart. It is to observe with our heart. It’s about becoming aware of the subtle layers that make up each moment.
-The way the golden rays drift in with a quiet rhythm.
-The mystery hidden within a stranger’s smile.
-The quiet that says more than language ever could.
-The deep calm of hearing with the heart as well as the ears.
When we see in this way life becomes sacred. We no longer over look the ordinary but awaken to the profound beauty woven into all things. We see our accomplishments, potential, and our promises as well as that of others.
Life’s Reflective Surface
Life is a looking glass showing us ourselves. Every person we meet, every challenge we face, every joy we feel holds deep meaning for us. When we quiet ourselves enough to notice life, life begins to show it’s guidance.
-Delays can serve as gentle lessons in patience.
-Perhaps loss is revealing the true worth of love.
-Through laughter we glimpse the healing touch of joy.
Seeing life means being open to those quiet lessons, letting them shape us not just pass us by.
The Gift of Presence
We can only see life when we are present for it, and presence is a gift – one that we give ourselves when we stop controlling, stop hating, stop comparing, stop rushing, and stop numbing. Stop and just be. When we drop into the now and see with our souls eyes even briefly we enter the only place where life truly exists and what we really were meant to be. Someone so beautiful and kind that life itself is bursting from every pore in our human form.
It Is Here That We See
-The gentle warmth in a loved ones expression.
-The sies hue in the moments before night fall.
-The breath that reminds us we’re alive.
Seeing life is truly a fantastic gift and we are here to share, learn, teach, and give. With that we will see that life’s blessings are very near if we want them. In mindful awareness we remember life is beautiful not because it is perfect, but because we took the time to witness it. When we put in the work we see life no longer feels as bad and we think it is.
Spiritual Invitation
Seeing life is also a spiritual practice. It invites us to quietly trust that life is moving toward something beyond our understanding. We work hard so we don’t become lost and part of the past. It gently reminds us that we are not a part from life but that we are its living expression. Life really is effulgent. In mindfulness presence the mundane become sacred. Each sip of a drink, each step in the rain, each quiet exhale is not a metaphor for life – they are life itself. Pay close attention and see life for the beautiful blessing it really is because what matters most is what we do not just for us but for others as well.
Final Thought: Awaken The Seeing Self
To see life is to participate in its mysteries. It means being awoke, inquisitive, and receptive to feeling. To begin you don’t have to go far or change everything. Start where you are it only takes a moment of stillness, a single breath, and the openness to see a new with gentle eyes and and open heart. Seeing life is to see and sense everything feeling its heartbeat throughout the years and in that quiet gesture you may realize that life has been ready for your attention all along. Life is ephemeral so enjoy it while you can.