The First Moment

The First Moment

Tuesday, 27 March 2012 05:02

There is the first moment we remember from childhood that may be etched in memory. But is there a first moment before memory? Is it birth? Or life in womb?

Could it be the moment of conception? Or possibly when our parents met? When was the seed planted from which our entire existence blossomed?

We could go on tracing through our grandparents, ancestors, back to our original tribes. The point is not to necessarily locate and lock in our primary beginning. Instead to recognize it has already happened. In other words, the first moment is the past.

There are most likely parts that we don’t like, situations we did not choose that we must learn to work with. Total healing starts with integrating the first moment.

How do we do this? By accepting what has already occurred.

If you survived a difficult childhood, trauma of any kind, or suffered devastating loss, you have what it takes to become a realized fully awakened human being.  It is these exact moments in your life — the very ones you have held as flags of pain — that hold your truth and your love.

However by continuing to see only the dark negative side of experience, you withhold yourself from a precious truth. Every encounter holds both the light and the dark. Experience is both a blessing and a curse. The truth of life is both joy and utter sadness.

How can you begin to see the other sides to a painful situation in your past? How can you make it whole? This is the teaching of the first moment.

 

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