[Daily OM]: There are times when our whole world
seems to be falling apart around us, and we are not sure what to hold
onto anymore. Sometimes our relationships crumble and sometimes it's our
physical environment.
At other times, we can't put our finger on it,
but we feel as if all the walls have fallen down around us and we are
standing with nothing to lean on, exposed and vulnerable. These are the
times in our lives when we are given an opportunity to see where we have
established our sense of identity, safety, and well-being.
And while it
is perfectly natural and part of our process to locate our sense of
self in externals, any time those external factors shift, we have an
opportunity to rediscover and move closer to our core, which is the only
truly safe place to call home.
The core of our being is not affected by the shifting winds of
circumstance or subject to the cycles of change that govern physical
reality. It is as steady and consistent as the sun, which is why the
great mystics and mystical poets often reference the sun in their odes
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