Every form is temporary. It appears from vast empty space and disappears back into that space. That is its natural tendency — to appear and disappear. Forms are not independent of the formlessness from which they arise. They are not separate from their source.

Planets seamlessly appear from and disappear back into space. Clouds seamlessly appear from and disappear back into the sky. Sounds seamlessly appear from and disappear back into silence. These forms do not need to be manipulated. They arise and fall in the natural cycle of birth and death.

The same is true for thoughts. Thoughts seamlessly appear from and disappear back into awareness. Thoughts, opinions, ideas, stories, and beliefs do not need to be manipulated. They arise and fall naturally and effortlessly.

Suffering happens only when there is movement to manipulate, escape, overcome, or neutralize thoughts. When thoughts are simply noticed and allowed to be exactly as they are by awareness, they have no power to harm you. They are quite beautiful in that sense.

Let thoughts arise. Do you really have control anyway? Isn’t the notion of control just another thought? Let that thought arise and fall too. Simply notice that your true nature is the awareness in which these thoughts arise and fall and that these thoughts are expressions of (are not separate from) awareness.

From: Reflections of the One Life, by Scott Kiloby www.kiloby.com