Hi,
It's Brooks.
It's good to be with you.
It's also good to be alive.
That's something we have in common.
We share that.
We share that gift that we have that we're alive.
And I guess we don't often think of it that way because we're always alive.
When something's always there it goes unnoticed because it's simple.
But if we weren't alive we wouldn't be able to experience anything.
So being alive is like the best thing there is.
There's nothing better than being alive.
And sure sometimes life hurts.
Sometimes there's pain.
Sometimes we get tired or sick.
But then there's also the opposite.
We're happy.
We're excited.
We're healthy.
It's definitely back and forth.
Pain and pleasure.
But it all comes from the same being aliveness.
And there's no marketing out there for being alive.
You know there's no like wouldn't it be great to be alive?
Yes you do can be alive.
Like there's none of that out there because it's something we already have.
But like I was saying things often go unnoticed when they're simple.
When they're always there.
So let's take a little time to investigate what it's like to be alive.
What that means.
Why are we so lucky to have this aliveness?
So maybe you can notice that that vitality that's in your body.
We call it the life force.
You know maybe you can notice that life force.
You know how it is when you have your phone and it's all charged?
You can almost feel it in your hand.
There's a feeling of there's a battery life in there.
And that battery gives juice to the phone.
So maybe you can feel like a vitality of juice in your own body.
Your body and your mind.
There's an electricity there.
It's what powers our heart to pump and our lungs to breathe and the blood to flow through our veins.
And for the thoughts and feelings to be experienced.
It's a juice that allows us to move our body.
To move our hand.
Take a moment and move your hand around.
Your fingers.
See if you can notice that that life force.
That juice.
That energy moving through your hand through your fingers.
The really wonderful thing about or one of the really wonderful things about noticing the life force in your body is there's a feeling of fulfillment that comes with it.
Because it's so basic and it's so powerful.
I mean the life force that that pumps our hearts.
That breathes us.
Is the same energy that rotates planets around the Sun.
The same energy that gives life to the Sun.
There's an immensity and intensity.
And also there's a great love there.
And life powers the Sun.
It moves planets but it also there's plenty of life force to also beat our to pump our blood.
To beat our heart.
To breathe our lungs.
Life doesn't go,
Oh you know what I'm just gonna take care of the Sun today and and and move some planets around the Sun.
But I just don't have enough for you.
That's not the case.
So we have this wealth of life force in us that's given to us.
What a great gift.
And we don't have to pay for it.
You know electric bill you got to pay the electric bill.
You got to pay the cable bill.
But you don't have to pay a life bill.
Your life is given to you.
And perhaps you can feel that life inside of you.
And this is something that you don't have to try and remember.
Excuse me or you know keep your mind constantly remembering I have life in me.
It's there.
It exists.
And you get to experience life as a result of it.
So right now we're aware of it and it's like oh this is great.
I'm really lucky.
I'm really glad I have this life in me.
I'm gonna enjoy life.
Man it's really the gist of spirituality is is life.
It's the enjoyment of life.
Being grateful for life.
Experiencing that's many many many facets.
The life force powers so many things and it powers us.
And it's here right now.
You can feel it.
It's in your heart.
It's in your breath.
It's in the movement of your body.
It's in the experiencing of your thoughts and your feelings.
So if you're feeling down or sad or ignored or there isn't enough or anything that makes you feel kind of crappy it's nice to remember I'm alive.
I can feel I put my hand on my heart and I can feel my heartbeat.
I can feel the ribs expand as I breathe.
There's life in me.
It's like that song from the movie Hair.
I got life.
And the more we remember this it actually decreases our need for a lot of extraneous things you know.
Not that things are bad things things can be very useful and helpful but when things become primary over our existence or being aliveness then we can never have enough stuff.
So remembering this beautiful energy that's within us.
It settles our heart or settles that neediness.
And again it makes us feel fulfilled.
So it was great to spend this time with you.
We share this life experience.
We share this feeling of life together which has another benefit of making us feel connected to others.
You know we may disagree with them about certain things or if we don't like something that somebody does or they may not like what we do.
But the thing we have in common is the liveness that fuels us.
That is us.
And when we remember that when it comes to us and we feel connected with others.
And that's a wonderful feeling.
That's one of the great feelings.
So it was really nice to spend this time with you.
Take care.
Bye.
