Moving With the Flow

By Mark Siet

Ranu rode along the river close by its banks on a canoe fashioned out of the bark of a Chojo tree. Swiftly he rode as the waters glided smoothly beneath him.

His thoughts were on the setting sun. Its colors at this time of day were glancing off the trees and the many strange plants along the banks of the Phai-Tho-Zan River.

Earlier he had paddled in earnest to insinuate himself and his craft into the current, which ran true, and fast. His vessel perfectly balanced, Ranu remained still as a sense of exquisite peace came over him. He remained like this until the stars began to wink in signaling the end of the day.

Just at that moment the current ceased entirely. Instead of frantically trying to paddle his way back into the current he kept his equipoise. It wasn’t more than a few seconds and then the current began again to move him along. Many times he had traveled these waters and knew there would always be changes but what never changed was the continuation of the current.

As a child he had struggled to regain the current to no avail — helplessly spinning his way around in circles. It was only when he discovered that if he remained perfectly still the current would again pick up and take him on his way.

The moon now rose brilliant, and full. In the sky timelessness revealed itself in a steady arc of stars all in their appointed places. Arriving now at his destination, with a smile he disembarked into the arms of his beloved. She was warm in her embrace and he felt secure in the familiar surroundings. “This night it is good to be alive.” He remarked.

As he turned the stars winked once and then again, a great smile forming in the heavens for those with eyes to see. “Yes.” the answer was heard from everywhere all around. “Indeed it is very good.”

Please take a moment to remember that yes, it is very good and ever remains so. This is the current you are to bring yourself back to every time. Whenever you remember, come back to where the river runs free. You do not have to struggle. You can just be where the current takes you, which is exactly where you want to go.

It moves within you. Your thoughts are this current and they are being formed inside of you even as you are reading these words. You have the ability to build for yourself constructs of your imagination, which act as channels for the taking in of thoughts. You simply need to know without doubt that the place you are reaching up to for your thoughts is Eternal. Out of this Eternal marketplace of thinking you draw forth that which you choose. Every choice you make is based upon what you are creating in this world. You bring forth from your thinking everything you need to show in this world. It is expression. This takes form in your unfolding awareness so that each moment you have the opportunity to change your mind. You change your mind only to match the source of your thinking. As you do so every thought is harmonized with the source of thought.

The source of thought is your initial vision. It is what you are working towards today. It doesn’t matter what it is you have envisioned. It all works the same. Every vision produces a current in the imagination, which then sets out to produce the forms of the imagination. These forms are imbued with your own personal vision. Some may not think they have a vision or have perhaps never thought about making a vision. The truth is that your thoughts now mirror what is your vision. That is why if you do not like what you are thinking, change your mind to what it is you want to think about. Change your mind to what you want to be and see it before you in your life’s journey. Take a moment and remember where you want to be and see it in your minds eye. This is the cur! rent that you enter into each time you remember. It is your current.

All my best for everything good,

Mark Siet

Mark Siet is a freelance writer from California. 949-842-3437