My Experiences with the Middle Way

My conscious search for the middle way started a few years back. I was deeply immersed in pain as I searched for water in dry terrains and desire to cultivate my crops in unfertile lands. I have always been a balanced, well-rounded, loving and loveable individual however I passed through a period of confusion, brokenness, war, depression and sadness that made me lose the path to inner peace and the middle way. The middle way is a deep belief, even a philosophy that professes a way of living that tries to avoid the extremes and aims for the centre and balance. The middle way is what helps the world, humanity and all living beings to move forward in peace and harmony. It is a constant and never ending journey of self­discovery and organic evolution. When you intensely feel and identify yourself with strong and destructive emotions you are meant to suffer and make others suffer along the way. Following the extremes, something that seems so common in this day and age, only leads to war and conflict. As Lord Buddha said, stay way from the extremes and move towards the centre as this is where the magic happens and all the colours of the rainbow appear. Being willing to listen, carefully listen, from your right and left ear rather than only one of them is the only way forward. It doesn’t matter how hard it gets, it is the only path worth pursuing to the end. It doesn’t matter how many years, decades or even centuries it takes to find common ground with others. It is worth untidying the not. Why is it worth it? It is worth it as you’ll safe precious lives including ourselves along the way. If you’re in deep pain and inner turmoil as I was years ago too. Please STOP to MEDITATE about your situation. Sit down to carefully listen to what your body, mind and spirit have to say. Your inner wisdom will lead the way of your healing journey. Connecting with your pain is the only way that exists to remove the nail that has caused you so much unnecessary suffering. This journey isn’t easy but it is the best way I know to heal within you so press forward. Don’t be afraid when you find yourself in the midst of it. You’re not alone. Your loves ones will be there to accompany you in this journey to salvation, in this journey to the midst of your core. Let your healing be a testament of good living. May your healing be your one and only priority in life so you can find beauty and light where previously darkness only existed. I wish you to rediscover the peace, love and compassion that has patiently waited for you in the depths of your soul. Let your pursuit of the middle way be a light in the dark for others. Let your contentment become the birth of a new world order and social consciousness, of an inner revolution to a more peaceful way of living. Let your healing journey lead the way to a new path of self-discover for yourself and others. Be the sword that cuts through the bushes and opens new and wide roads to a brighter future. Let the middle way naturally florish inside you. Let the light of your being emanate from the inside out so you can become the cool breeze that comes after a hot and torrid day. I encourage you not to STRIVE for the middle way. The more you look for it the less you’ll find it. Let it grow inside you as the seed of the plant already lives within you. Let this sprout grow untouched. Contemplate it, listen to what it has to say. Don’t accelerate the process unnecessarily as you might run the risk to kill it. However, make sure to LISTEN to its call as it is the word of God knocking at your door. Please don’t be scare to open the door. You’ll be safe in the hands of our creator. The ones who become the middle way are like the silence that reins on the mountains. The wind that caresses the fields of rice after a day of hard labour. The cold water that extinguishes even the most intense night fevers, the dawn that after the darkest hours, and the immensity of the Universe instead of the isolation that comes from walls and harsh disagreements. Break away from unnecessary prejudices, and open your heart to the beauty around you. Be abundance but not excess. Be love but not fear. Let fear vanish with the first lights of the day. Be communion and union instead of separation. The latter is just an illusion. Find comfort and peace in the moments of uncertainty and discomfort as it is there where collateral beauty appears. It is where doors close that windows with the most breathtaking views become wide open to the bare eye. Be the middle way my friend so you can bloom as a tool of gentle creation. As a tool of God. If you led the middle way to flourish inside you, you’re showing others a new way to live life and avoid unnecessary suffering on earth. Be a source of inspiration to yourself and to others. Don’t try to impress others in the process. Your actions will talk by themselves. Your journey to find your middle way will encourage others to find theirs.