Don’t do it. Simply be it. Do not try to “do” happy. Simply choose to “be” happy, and
everything you do will spring from that. It will be given birth by that. What you are being gives
birth to what you are doing. Always remember that.
But how can I choose to be happy? Isn’t happiness something that happens? I mean, isn’t it
something that I just am because of something that is happening, or going to happen?
No! It is something that you choose to be because of what is happening, or going to happen.
You are choosing to be happy. Haven’t you ever seen two people reacting entirely differently
to the same outer set of circumstances?
Of course. But that’s because the circumstances meant something different to each one of
them.
You determine what something means! You give it its meaning. Until you decide what
something means, it has no meaning at all. Remember that. Nothing means anything at all.
Out of your state of beingness will meaning spring.
It is you who are choosing, in any moment, to be happy. Or choosing to be sad. Or choosing
to be angry, or mollified, or forgiving, or enlightened, or whatever. You are choosing. You.
Not something outside of yourself. And you are choosing quite arbitrarily.
Now, here is the great secret. You can choose a state of beingness before something
happens, just as you do after something happens. Thus, you can create your experience, not
simply have it.
You are, in fact, doing this right now. In every moment. Yet you may be doing it
unconsciously. You may be as someone sleep-walking. If so, it is now time to wake up.
Yet you cannot be totally awake while you are thinking. Thinking is another form of being in a
dream state. Because what you are thinking about is the illusion. It is okay. You are living in
the illusion, you have placed yourself there, so you should give it some thought. But
remember, thought creates reality, so if you’ve created a reality that you don’t like, don’t give
it a second thought!
“Nothing is evil, lest thinking make it so.
Precisely.
So every once in a while, it might be good to stop thinking all together. To get in touch with a
higher reality. To pop out of the illusion.
How can I stop thinking? It seems that I’m always thinking. I’m even thinking about this!
First, be quiet. By the way, notice that I said be quiet, I did not say think quiet.
Oh, that’s good. That’s very good.
Okay. Now, after being quiet for a while, you will notice that your thinking at least slows down
a bit. It starts to simmer down. Now, start thinking about what you’re thinking about.
What’s that?