17. Life is full of surprises and each surprise is a gift from the unknown.

However we can’t relish an unexpected gift as a surprise because we already

have conceived notions of what we should receive and what we should not. The
soul of enlightened living is to be indifferent to the message of life… Learn to
flow with life. Learn to train your eyes to see the miracle of life. Is it not a
miracle to see the seed become a tree and from the tree seeds are born… and
this process continues? In the finite seed infinite possibility is hidden. Instead of
learning from failure you whip yourself with the self-pity. One has to celebrate
one’s learning and failure is an opportunity to learn. So celebrate your success;
don’t fill that that moment with greed. Don’t lose the quality of being surprised.
Don’t be dead to surprise. The moment wonderment is dead you are dead. In
every moment bring the quality of surprise and embrace each moment with this
energy and then you will be able to celebrate success and failure. Realize that
hurt or upset is self-damaging. See opportunity in difficulty in opportunity.
Learn to operate from infinite possibilities; be prosperity- conscious, not
poverty-conscious. We are observing the world of objects, but are not aware of
the subject. Learn to observe the movement of the self. Observe the “Self”.
Then you find that the self or the soul is not just the body, or mind but a space,
in which the body and mind exist. This inner space has no form of the body and
thoughts. The space in a room appears to be limited by the room but it is the
room that exists in space, “Who is in?” This will lead you to a new awareness of
your state of being. If your state of being is restless, then you make it restful.
Always be aware who is inside you, a calm being or a restless being? You will
begin to understand that your ego is blocking the bigger picture of who you are.