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Everything is Only An Experience
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Everything is Only An Experience

Poetry for the Soul

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Everything
Is only an experience
And each experience
Is unique
No experience
That we ever have
Will repeat itself
Exactly as it is.

This moment
Right now
In all its glory
In all its beauty
And even in all its pain
Is temporary. 

As the sages of old have said
"This too shall pass"
So breathe...

And bring your focus
Bring your presence
Bring your attention
To this very moment
Experience the sensuality
Of the sounds
The sights
The smells
The tastes
The touch
Of this moment
And do not rush
To be anywhere else.

Be here. 
Now.
Be here now. 
Noticing this moment:
Is a once in a lifetime moment.
Your life
Is a once in a lifetime life.

How we spend each moment, 
Is what matters. 
And when we focus and long
For something to happen, 
That is not here in this moment. 
We poison and taint
Our experience of the now.

When we hold within us feelings
Of longing and desire, 
Resentment,
Disappointment
Dissatisfaction, 
When really
In this moment, 
There's so much opportunity 
For joy
For bliss
For pleasure
For peace
For connection. 

Listen to the sounds that you can hear, 
perhaps a car in the distance, 
the sounds of nature
Rain tapping on your roof, 
Perhaps a bird or a cricket, 
Perhaps the wind
Perhaps your breath
Or the breath of a loved one, 
Whether a furry friend
Or a family member
Or a lover.

Pay attention to the breath 
That you can hear in this moment
Cause if you listen
Really deeply
You might be able to hear
Your own heartbeat. 

All of this is an experience 
a temporary
fleeting experience
But can we relish in it? 

Can we lap it up? 
Can we suck the marrow from the bones of this experience? 
Can we be present to the challenges
And to the triumphs
To the breakdowns
To the breakthroughs
To the liberation's
Present in each moment, 
Because only now
Is where we ever exist
Where you ever exist
Where I ever exist.

The rest is in the mind
Like watching a movie,
Forward fast forwarding
Rewinding
Replaying
But we can only really
Experience our lives 
Playing
Now
Now
Now. 

And in every moment
There's an opportunity for beauty
For understanding
For transformation
For change
For celebration
For gratitude. 

How do you choose to live your life?  

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