moment felt as perfect

A moment felt as perfect

Does not need to be repeated

In general, when we feel good about something, we want more of it. We want to repeat experiences that we enjoy, that feel good. And the better something feels, the stronger that urge to repeat it. And this is the way we live much of our life, trying to avoid things that we have tasted and did not like, and trying to repeat things that felt good to us.

But there is a paradox, and I don't know whether you've experienced this or not, but every once in a while, rather rarely, a moment is felt as perfect, not just good, not just really good, but perfect. And that quality of perfection is in a different dimension. It is no longer relative. It is no longer a case of being a bit better than what we have tasted before. No, when perfection is perceived, felt, we have entered a different space, a different space of consciousness, a different way of relating to the moment. We are no longer in the relative world.

That sense of perfection does not need comparison. It does not need any reference other than itself. It doesn't need to rely on some authority. Nothing external is needed. Nothing different is needed. And so in that moment of perfection there is a completeness, a wholeness. The moment is complete in itself. And with that sense of completeness, there is no urge to repeat it. That urge to repeat can only arise when we are living in a relative way. This is better than that, the other is worse. And the perfection of which I speak is outside that realm. The feeling of perfection, the feeling that everything is just as it should be, that no improvement is possible, that every atom is in its correct place, that feeling of perfection is touching the absolute. It is touching god.

So I hope you have had such an experience, even just once in your life, a moment of perfection. It brings a great peace. There's no longer the need to strive for something better, at least in that moment. And our spiritual journey really consists of seeing the perfection in every moment, not forcing a sense of perfection, but allowing it. If we can put aside our judging mind, allow our relative thoughts to subside, then we will feel perfection. Then there comes a stillness. And in that stillness all is felt as perfect. And with that there's no need to have more of the same. There's no urge to repeat the moment. Every moment is complete in itself. Every moment is finished when it is over, no need to hold on to it, no need to repeat it.