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Enza VitaLeo Drioli
   Enza Vita                        
Leo Drioli

Adelaide issue 4

Living in the moment

This great experiment. O how I marvel at it, especially in these moments as I lay in the sweet embrace of all that is. This life is truly magnificent filled with all its dualistic pulls and pushes; we are in truth treading across stepping-stones of Grace.

When we see through our hearts, nothing changes yet everything does. The most supposed insignificant or inconsequential moment is as precious as the most important. There is no real difference because God.s presence floods through it all. Who can pass judgment when this is witnessed? Not with the heart's eye anyway.

Some people, many, may not feel this way.see as I do. But, no matter which way I turn it to get a closer look.nothing but the awesome splendour of the precious presence is revealed. To me, this life we are all so immersed in screams with intense beauty and purpose.

When I don't see this it simply means that I am not seeing through my heart. It's a good reminder to get back to basics, to simply stop, close my eyes, take a deep breath and open up to all that is once again. All that is, just as it is.

You know, life is not really very complicated. If we seek out a simple approach life's simplicity is quickly revealed. It's simply a matter of how willing we are to surrender all the limiting ideas and beliefs that stand between what we want life to be and what is, just as it is.

This great experiment, this life, is too precious, too fleeting to be taken for granted, to be lost in unconscious, reactive and habitual living. For me anyway, a sunrise today is not to be missed, I won't see today's sunrise any other day. And an opportunity to see a little clearer or to be moved a little deeper is not to be passed up.

I don't know about enlightenment but I do know about enlightened living. To me, it's simple. Find a way to live with yourself and others in peace and happiness, not just now and again when we happen to stumble across it but, daily. Moment to moment. This enlightened living is not so much what you know and do, but how you go about it.

It's simple: Look for the Divine in your moments of self-remembering and the Divine is here.

As Mother Teresa did her daily rounds in the Kalighat Hospice in Calcutta she would visit those preparing for their last few steps across the Stepping Stones of Grace. "Bhogobaan ekane acche", she would whisper in Bengali as she made her way from bed to bed. "God is here". She would make every place she visited God's Place. By her simple yet profound acknowledgement that "God is here". Sanctifying how and where we live is not difficult or complicated.

We don't need to travel to far away holy sites to get a sense of the Divine. All it takes is to translate that very human yearning that we all carry within our hearts and look through it. No matter what it is we are witnessing, if we simply stop to look through it, our hearts will reveal the sacred sanctuary of this moment.

On my desk, right next to the telephone I have placed a reminder by Thich Nhat Hanh that for me acts as a window into the truth of this moment, every moment. I read it often, especially during a difficult day after speaking with people, listening to their stories and struggles, their challenges with their own life experiment. I read the following short passage and it never fails to refresh and reawaken me to the truth that we are all on this sacred journey, treading the stepping-stones of Grace.

"Every time you return from distraction into deep awareness of your breath, you are in touch with full consciousness. You are a living Buddha. It only takes one experience of living in full consciousness to see that awakening is possible for you. You, too, can realize your true nature if you take the trouble to practice. When you find yourself at a loss, simply return to your breath. Breathe in consciously, breathe out consciously. Take refuge in full consciousness. Whenever you feel anger, fear, agitation, whenever you feel lost, this refuge is always here, waiting for you. Full consciousness is our blessed isle. It is totally reliable. In times of loss, instability, or danger, you can always return
to this blessed isle, to your true nature".

This issue’s theme is Living in the Moment.
We hope you enjoy it.

With love, Leo Drioli & Enza Vita

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