Meditation for August 21st, 2016
Moving
We are movers. We actually historically moved more than stayed in one place. The idea of home is a completely social construct, but we all try and make a home wherever we are.
When we move we must take our whole home apart and put it together again somewhere else. Sometimes it doesn’t fit as well, or we find the new place is much better.
Sometimes we are leaving a bad place for a better place. Maybe we are moving out of a exes place into a new place. Maybe we never got the feeling of home because of the roommates kept listening to Jay Z all the time.
Sometimes we move to start something new. We move in with our partner to start a new life. Sometimes we just move alone to be alone.
It is always exciting to move. We can start over. We have dreams that the new place will be inspiring. We’ll be better people just by moving.
It’ll be strange at first. Things aren’t exactly where they were before. Noises or lack of noises make sleep strange. There is dust wverywhere so your nose is encrusted in dry mucus. You sneeze.
The important thing is to make it your home.
You’ll get used to it and then you’ll move again.
Why is it so important to have a home? All our spiritual heroes were homeless. They lived off the land and in caves. They didn’t have AC or pillows. It’s almost like the comfort of home blocks us from God.
Then there are people who think they get to be home wherever they are. They complain about the temperature and will ask that it be adjusted. They will want certain music played at a certain volume. They will move chairs wherever they want and then just leave them there. They deserve it.
Then there are some of us that are still trying to find that home.