While reading the ending of the book "Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender" by David Hawkins, it finally occurred to me what he is letting go of; everything that stands in the way of reality...or this moment in time.
"Eventually, everything is surrendered that stands in the way of the Presence. The Presence is so obvious, so startling, so overwhelming, that there's no question about it. It is profound, total, all-encompassing, absolutely over-whelming, totally transforming, and completely unmistakeable. When everything is surrendered that stands in the way, It is there, shining brilliantly forth."
"Instead of viewing this as something in the future, own it now. Enlightenment is not something that occurs in the future, after 50 years of sitting cross-legged and saying "OM." It is right here, in this instant. The reason you're not experiencing this state of total peace and timelessness is because it is being resisted. It is being resisted because you are trying to control the moment. If you let go of trying to control your experience of moment, and if you constantly surrender it like a tone of music, then you live on the crest of this exact alwaysness. Experience arises like a note of music, its already passing away. The instant you heard it its already dissolving. So every single moment is dissolving as it arises. Let go of anticipating the next moment, trying to control it, trying to hang on to the moment that has just passed. Let go clinging to what has just occurred. Let go trying to control what you think is about to occur. Then live in an infinite space of non-time and non-event. there is an infinite peace beyond description. And you are home." David Hawkins.
If you can see that time unfolds like music notes, you can see how if you are holding on to the last note, you will miss the one that followed it. And, if you are waiting for a certain note in the future, again you miss the one playing right now.
I bet many things that require your utmost attention keep you on the present note.
Present notes such as art, music, babies, nature, love...to name a few.
To be able to stay with the notes of life, your life will be totally expanded; for you are literally living in the notes. Living at one...going with the flow, in the mystery as to what will come up next and you don't wait or hang on....but live with it.
Life is a musical...note by note.
