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“…you will not have to remain without a solution if you will cling to Nature, to the simple in Nature, to the little things that hardly anyone sees, and that can so unexpectedly become big and beyond measuring; if you have this love of inconsiderable things and seek quite simply, as one who serves, to win the confidence of what seems poor: then everything will become easier, more coherent and somehow more conciliatory for you, not in your intellect, perhaps, which lags marveling behind, but in your inmost consciousness, waking and cognizance.
“…be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.
“Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them.
“And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.
“Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke from Letters to a Young Poet
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enuflove4u says:
Oct 26, 2013
WOW!! I really like that…”live the question.” Like..breathe into the spaces between things, and the unknown and feel safe there. Just be. Let loss be loss, and challenge be challenge knowing it will morph into something else…something new, in the not so horribly distant future. All this change and seeming uncertainty, the Saturn pressing upon us with Scorp to go deep could be heavy but it really offers opportunity for the creation of something new on the flip side. At least that’s how it all sounds and feels to me. Like…”What could be better? How could things be better? How could they GET there…TO the better? What does that feel like? Do I need to DO anything to serve that? Do I just need to sit in stillness and listen for a while longer?” It all is the doorstep of possibility. So rather than be shut down and fearful or hurt over wrongs or loss or the unknown and struggle under the weight of heavy emotional digging around….imagine what might be possible…still. :-) That’s what I get out of this!! Just perfect for me right now. Chin up! Thanks!
Linda says:
Oct 26, 2013
To ENUFLOVE4U, your post is poetic and resonates deeply with me. Thank you for sharing your perspective and insights!
Namaste,
Linda Smith
ENUFLOVE4U says:
Oct 29, 2013
Glad it hit with others also. :-) I’m glad I revisited this tonight. There are so many questions for me as to right action right now, to create and allow either healing… or movement for straight out rebirth in a new direction. But that leaning into the space really helps me let it all go and allow it to be created either way. No need to rush to action or decision. But allow myself to really listen, be inspired, and then act….and detach during that action with love. I like that statement below….”Allow the process to show us the way.” Thanks for THAT thought! Let’s me breathe. Namaste to all. Prayeing this is a blessed time for the many seedlings we have all planted.
Daniela says:
Oct 26, 2013
perfect for me too, and all around me right now. Thanks for sharing
Ale says:
Nov 17, 2013
Very in spiring! Perfectly delivered to my heart ! Thank you : )) I need to hear these words and contemplate feeling safe in …the space.
Nicole says:
Dec 4, 2013
“let loss be loss and challenge be challenge” – lovely!
Gro says:
Apr 16, 2015
ENUFLOVE4U: I really liked your interpretation of this. Two thumbs up! And thank you! I needed your post this morning. Waheguru
stephen says:
Jun 12, 2017
I agree, ENUFLOVE4U, and what I’ve noticed for myself, is when I ask questions that I’m seeking the answer, I somehow find the answers come to me with deeper digging. It’s just a matter of showing up and spacing out the time to ask, and then dive in. I especially feel the connection when on a plane, something about being that high up in the sky, but you’ve reminded me and made it clear that I can do this in my morning routine or anywhere for that matter. Thank you for sharing!
Julie says:
Oct 27, 2013
AMAZINGLY true – thank you. This helps us to relax into the apparent pressure and allow the process to show us the way. As though riding the magic carpet with no steering wheel…. we just trust in the divine plan and get out of the way!! Allowing ourselves to feel, to receive and to transcend the pain.
AMEN
Namaste
THANK YOU
Jules
Ibiza
Roberta says:
Nov 7, 2013
I have recently discovered your website and I am so happy
thank you for your words, which sound so close to what I am feeling and living in these days.
It was a time that I wasn’t reading in English and everything comes so easy.
Thank you
Roberta, from Italy
INDIGOsoulstice says:
Nov 11, 2013
Thank u MM & Rainer Maria Rilke for this… It was exactly what I needed. “Live along some distant day into the answer” Thank u.
Mast says:
Nov 23, 2013
Things will unfold as they are supposed to. Trust your Higher Self. Know that your Higher Self will not lead you in the wrong direction. You are guided every min and on ur journey learn to not only live the questions but also to love the questions. The answers are always there within u, and you know what it takes for you to listen and hear them. Believe and trust that you are exactly where u need to be.
Layla says:
Nov 18, 2015
I used to feel this way. I surrendered and followed blindly thinking I was divinely guided in all things. In this particular instance, the synchronicities were mind blowing! I felt safe! Only to have it cruelly ripped away from me. Now I have no faith and I can’t trust the universe anymore. I’m bewildered and in despair at having lost the two most important parts of my life. I keep visiting MM in case something helps me to understand and thus, believe again….
Tess says:
May 23, 2018
Very profound….indeed…Thanks for this wild space and sharing…..
Whit says:
May 30, 2018
The end section is Deepak Chopra right?
mm says:
May 3, 2020
No it’s Rilke.