Now What?

It has been stated that the quality of our lives, to a large extent, depends on the quality of the questions we are habitually asking. And so, as we come face to face with challenges or conditions and circumstances that are not to our liking, rather than asking Why, we are wise to lean into a completely different set of questions. Questions that serve and support us. I invite you to join me as we explore one of these questions so that we may move to transcend the challenge we are facing.

Transcript

Blessings and welcome to the path to freedom and this beautiful space, This wonderful and amazing path where we get to set ourselves free to be in ever-expanding love and joy and peace and harmony and abundance and beauty and creativity and bliss and expansion and progression and intelligence and a whole range of beautiful qualities. We also get to set ourselves free to soar, To shine, To glow, To forever allow for greater and grander expressions of who and what we are and in that we're setting ourselves free from fear and worry and doubt, Lack of scarcity, Lack of separation, Lack of a sense of not being enough and not having enough. So this is a beautiful path and we are very blessed that we get to walk it. It's a lot of work walking it. None of this comes for free, It's not even cheap, But there is a fee to pay, There's a price to pay and the price to pay is releasing and letting go of all of that which no longer serves us, Releasing and letting go of all of that which no longer serves because none of this is us adding anything onto ourselves. We cannot add anything onto the infinitude and the eternality that we already are as unique, Perfect, Whole, Complete expressions of the loving presence that is all there is as it being itself and doing itself, Revealing itself, Expressing itself in us and through us. As it is all there is, As we are one with it, It means that we are all that it is, Inherently. Like that beautiful saying, Let me see if I can remember it, It goes, We're not merely the ocean in a drop, No, That's not how it goes. We're not merely a drop in the ocean, But we are the entire ocean in a drop, Meaning that a drop of water or a drop of the ocean, It carries all of the qualities that the ocean carries. It is not lacking anything, It's not missing anything, It's not lesser in terms of qualities than the ocean. It's equally wet, It's equally salty, It's equally whatever qualities the ocean has. We are this loving presence in a drop. My name is Daniel Riquillo and I'm always very grateful and I'm very grateful today, Now, Here, In this now moment, That you are here now, In this moment, Whenever you are and wherever you are and whoever you are, I'm grateful that you are here, That you're choosing to tune in, That you're choosing to join into this beautiful space, Into this beautiful community of walking this path. The topic for today is actually, It's very on point relating to releasing and letting go. A lot of individuals, And with my clients and in my classes, I hear this over and over and over again. It's very normal, It's very normal. Whenever we find ourselves as humans, Find ourselves in a particular condition or circumstance or challenge and when we're faced with a problem, As it is sometimes referred to, A very normal question to ask is, Why? Why? Why is this happening to me? Why is this happening now? Why God? And while it is normal for us to ask this question, It very rarely serves us. There is one condition. There's one particular instance when we are very served by asking why questions and that is to purify our motivation, To become aware of why we are moving the way we're moving, Why we're choosing the way we're choosing. That then serves to bring forth awareness. But most of the time when we ask why questions, It is not to allow for expanded awareness to emerge, But it is to allow for the revelation of who is to blame or what is to blame for this condition and circumstance to have come into my life. Why is this happening? What are the reasons for this happening now or to me or whatever the case may be? And so that rarely serves us because that just moves us into a deep spiral of going deeper and deeper and deeper into the reasons. No matter how deep we go into finding the reasons and we can go back, You know, Like generations. It's because of my granddad because he did that and he passed that on to his kids and they passed that on to their children and they passed that on to my mom and dad or whatever the case may be. Whatever the reasons, It never brings us out of the condition. In fact, Most often it gives, What is the word, Legitimacy. It gives validity to us being where we are, To us being who we are and for us to do or to experience or choose what we're doing and what we're experiencing and what we're choosing. It gives us a reason. So a different question that we are wise to lean into. There are many different questions, These beautiful, Spiritual, Empowering questions. But one of them that has come to me recently, It's just another iteration of pretty much all the other questions, Going at it from different angles. But this particular question is, What now? All right, So I'm finding myself or we're finding ourselves in a particular condition or circumstance that perhaps feels unfavorable, Feels bad, Feels negative. We're finding ourselves in a challenge. It doesn't matter why we ended up where we are. It doesn't matter why this is coming to our experience. What matters is what now? Now that I am here, Now that we are here, How will we choose to move from here? What choices can we make to move ourselves that are in alignment with what we wish to experience? And this is with regards to health, This is with regards to relationships and finances and careers and every aspect of our lives. Now what? How can I, How may I, How will I begin to move toward what I wish to experience? And this opens up possibilities, This opens up new doorways, This opens up opportunities because we begin to look not for why we ended up where we are, But we're looking for the way to transcend it, The way to go beyond it. And as the sacred laws decree, As their principles decree, Whatever we turn our attention to the most, That is what we're calling forth into our experience. And so when we begin to look for the way, When we begin to look for possibilities, When we begin to look for opportunities, Solutions, They will, They have to, By law, They have to, They will begin to reveal themselves. They will begin to present themselves, But we need to look for them. We need to be open and available for them to reveal themselves. If we're looking in a completely different way, If we're looking toward what went wrong or how on earth we ended up here, We're not looking for the way out. We're looking the other way. So the doors that will swing wide open, They're always wide open, If only we have the eyes to see them. As we're looking the other way, We will not be able to see them. We will miss them. But asking the questions, Now what? Or what now? It turns our attention. It has us looking in the right way. It has us looking for opportunities. It has us looking for possibilities. So now, Not because the universe has changed, Not because God has suddenly, Or because we have suddenly moved ourselves into the grace of spirit, But simply because we have made ourselves open and available for the goodness, For the grace of this loving presence that is always for itself, That never withholds, That never is against itself, That never compromises, That never denies, It never contradicts itself. But it is always, It's deepest desire and highest intent is always for us to continuously grow, Expand our consciousness, Raise our vibration, Allow for more and more and more of the light, The love, The luminosity, The creativity, The wholeness, The harmony, The joy, The love that we are, To emerge, To emerge. And this is that, You know, That evolutionary impulse that is moving through, That is flowing through all of cosmos, All of creation. That's why galaxies expand. That's why cosmos is expanding. That's why the universe is expanding. That's why creation is expanding. That's why species evolve, So that this loving presence may reveal more of itself, Express more of itself, Know more of itself. So every single challenge that we face, It's but a gift and a blessing of transformation. It's a stepping stone, It's a springboard inviting us, Calling us, Once again, To release and let go of something that we need to release and let go of, So that more of that which we are, More of that which we've always, Always been, Always will be, May be revealed, May emerge, May well up from within. So what now? Yes, We are here. Yes, These are the circumstances, The conditions that we have been faced with. But what now? Or now what? How can I begin to move in the direction of what I wish to experience? And even at the entry level, What is it that I wish to experience? What is it that I. . . Because we need to, We need to be able to articulate and describe what it is that we wish to experience. We need to know what we wish to experience, Because we need to be able to turn our attention to it. If we fly from one city to another city, And we've never been to this new city, And we get out of the airport, We walk out, We stop a cab, We get into the backseat, And that cab driver is going to ask us, Where do you want to go, Man? Hey buddy, Hey gal pal, Where do you wish to go? Unless we can articulate and describe at least the general direction of where it is that we want to go, They're not going to be able to drive us there. They're not going to be able to take us there. And these sacred laws, They work the same. We need to, We need to in some way, Shape or form, Be able to articulate what it is that we wish to experience, The good that we wish to experience, For us to consciously participate in the unfolding of that, In the emergence of that. So if we're finding ourselves in a particular condition or circumstance, And have no idea what it is that we wish to experience, That's where we are invited, And that's where we need to begin. So what is the good that I wish to experience? Beginning to catch an intention, A vision, A dream for our lives, For this particular condition, This particular circumstance. Because it is only when we know where we want to get to, That we can begin to move in that direction. Otherwise, We're just going to be like leaves to the wind, Just being tossed this way or that way. No conscious participation at all. So we need to know, So we need to know, In the midst of this, Even now, What is it that I wish to experience? More peace, More love, More joy, A new way of life, A different expression of life. I wish to show up in a different way. I wish for my life to be about something different, But what, What is it that we wish to experience? So the invitation is for us, Is to, When we find ourselves in facing a challenge, To stop asking why, Why is this happening? Why is this happening now? Why is this happening to me? To release that question, To release the why, And begin to ask, First of all, What is the good that I wish to experience? And then, What now? Or now what? As I'm here, This is my experience, I wish to experience that, How do I begin to move in that direction? What choices can I begin to make that are in alignment with that? What choices can I begin to make that move me in that direction? And then continue to keep moving in that direction, Not letting external conditions and circumstances stop us from being the peace, From being the love, From being the joy, From being the harmony, From continuously moving in the direction of the good that we desire. We need to be willing, We need to be courageous, We need to trust and surrender enough. There are a lot of things that we'll need to cultivate within ourselves, But becoming clear over what it is that we wish to experience and how we can begin to move in that direction. That's the first steps. So those are the invitations and those are the questions. Until we meet again, And before that, If you know of someone who you'd feel would benefit from hearing this, From getting this, Please invite them. Share this talk, Share this message, So that they too may begin to move this beautiful path, Along this beautiful path. Now, Until we meet again, Thank you so, So much for tuning in, For joining me. I absolutely bless, Bless, Bless our days and I bless, Bless, Bless our ways, Knowing that all is well, That something wonderful is happening, That everything is working for our highest good. Much love and many blessings. Namaste.

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Excellent reminder and food for thought! Namaste💕🙏🏼