Meditation: "An Utterly Astonishing Life"

This morning, as I was lying in bed trying to gather the energy to get up, it came to me, once again, how utterly astonishing life is. First of all, it’s always totally new. Each moment is a moment that has never, ever happened before. The universe has been around for billions of years, spinning its incomprehensible magic and arranging its untold variety of miracles, and yet never has it produced a moment exactly like the one that’s happening right now. Also, life is marvelous because it is completely unified, and therefore harmonious. Today, like every day, there can never be any discord because there can never be two things to clash and cause discord. In fact, there are no separate “things” at all. There’s only the endless and harmonious dance of the one, perfectly-proportioned universe going about its happy business. Finally, I find all of reality to be especially amazing because of what I would call its instantaneousness. What I mean by that is there’s no waiting involved. Whatever I need is always right here, right now, because whatever I need in any situation is always some type of change of thought, and thought can be changed instantly – no delays involved. My life can be completely transformed each and every moment because, in fact, it is transformed each and every moment – totally new and utterly astonishing.