I just heard a quote in that course I'm taking....."It's never about something that should be happening, it's always about what is happening ...and having a direct and immediate experience of that." Being in the present moment without having something trigger a "chain reaction" which takes us down a habitual reactive path. When we're capable of interrupting the momentum of the habitual response, we can choose a "fresh alternative."
This is all coming at a perfect time for me in so many different ways. I am very grateful that this teaching made it's way into my life. She said "this is a practice, a training and it adds up." So little by little as I respond differently, as I "choose a fresh alternative" I can get stronger in that empty space in between something happening and my response, or lack of response. There is peace in that empty space. And it is uncomfortable to sit in it without reacting in the usual way.......well.........more practice!
