Problems and the Solution from Steven Kaufman's blog

The moment is going to be as it is

so why not just allow it,

why not just go with it.

 

You can oppose it

but that is not going to make it

other than it is.

 

All opposing this moment does

is put you in conflict

with what is.

 

And while in conflict with what is

all hell breaks loose,

because all hell is created

when what is opposes Itself.

 

You are part of the Isness of this moment,

and so when you oppose what is

in this moment

you oppose your Self

and so are in conflict with your Self,

and while in conflict with your Self

you suffer.

 

Why create suffering for your Self

just because the moment

does not appear

as the mind says it should?

 

The only problem

that ever arises

is the difference between what is

in this moment

and what the mind thinks

this moment should be.

 

For what is a problem

but the mind trying to determine

what it will take

to get from what is

in this moment

to what the mind thinks

this moment should be?

 

This moment, as it is,

plus or minus something

equals what should be

in this moment.

 

That is the problem

the mind continuously generates

as it endlessly produces thoughts

regarding how this moment should appear

regarding how this moment should be.

 

And because we view the world

through this conceptual veil

of what the mind thinks should be

there then seems to be a problem

when the moment does not appear

as the mind thinks it should.

 

And so the only problems

that ever arise

are problems that the mind generates,

but only because we think

that what the mind says should be

should somehow trump

what is.

 

So foolish,

so completely insane,

and yet,

so completely normal.

 

It has been said

that there are no problems

only solutions,

and this is true.

 

But every solution

is ultimately the same solution

because the solution to every problem

begins with the acceptance

and allowance

of what is.

 

What is is the universal solvent

the universal solution

that washes away all problems,

because there never really are any problems,

there is only the solution,

only what is

in this moment.

 

Problems are only the variance

between what is,

in this moment,

and what the mind thinks

this moment

should be.

 

You can try to close that gap,

to solve the problems

that the mind has generated,

through the reactive movements

of attachment and aversion,

by clinging to this

or pushing away that.

 

Or you can solve the problems

by realizing

that there actually are no problems,

only the illusion of problems

created by the mind

with its continuous and endless predictions

of what this moment

should be.

 

This moment is never a problem,

this moment is only ever

what is.

 

Even if your house is burning down

that is not actually a problem,

it is only what is.

 

If you think,

"my house should not be burning down,"

then you have generated a problem

where there is actually only what is.

 

Houses do not often burn down

but every day

some form arises or dissolves

that we think is a problem

because we think

it should be otherwise.

 

But how can it be otherwise

in this moment

if it is what is

in this moment?

 

The mind says

this should or should not be

in this moment,

as the weatherman says

it is going to rain tomorrow.

 

Both are predictions.

Neither is what is.

 

And just as we think the weather

should obey the predictions of the weatherman,

as when the sun comes out

we say it was supposed to rain,

so we think that what is

should obey the predictions of the mind,

so when this happens

or that does not happen

we say this or that

should or should not be.

 

So foolish,

so completely insane,

and yet,

so completely normal.

 

Surrendering to the moment,

accepting what is,

allowing what is,

is not weakness

but is wisdom.

 

To do otherwise

is to operate continuously

in the state of insanity

that we call normal,

and to continuously generate

the state of suffering

that comes with conflict

with the present moment,

that comes with conflict

with your Self.

 

So many problems,

just because we believe the mind

when it tells us

how this moment should be.

 

How does the mind know

how the Isness of this moment

should be?

It doesn't, it can't.

 

But the ego, the form-identity

wants the moment

to arise in a certain way,

to enhance itself

or avoid its diminishment.

 

And so the ego uses the mind

to create an image

of how it would like

the moment to be,

to either enhance itself

or avoid its diminishment.

 

And when the moment comes

and is at variance

with what the mind says should be,

which it usually is,

then the ego has a problem

it has itself created.

 

The mind is just doing its job

as assigned by the ego,

as assigned by the form-identity

as assigned by Consciousness

that has mistaken itself

for form.

 

You don't have to believe the weatherman

when he tells you what tomorrow will bring,

and then whatever tomorrow brings

will not be a problem.

 

And you don't have to believe your mind

when it tells you how this moment should be,

and then whatever the moment brings

will not be a problem,

but will only be

what is.