Make Room In Your Life For A View

As I was searching my library today for my copy of Keith Richards' autobiography titled Life, I found next to it a copy of Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth which I never really read in its entirety when it was published several years ago. I got an ethereal nudge to do what I often attribute to remaining open to the universe. So I played the 'game' as I will do from time to time, and flipped through the book to a random page and read what it said in hope that I would select a meaningful passage that connected to my life as it is at present. It certainly worked this time. Here is what was given to me. I hope it holds meaning for you too.



…As you become more aware of your inner purpose in this life, other kinds of change may suddenly come to you from without. A chance meeting brings opportunity and expansion into your life. A long-standing obstacle or conflict dissolves. Your friends either go through this inner transformation with you or drift out of your life. Some relationships dissolve, others deepen. You may get laid off from your job, or you become an agent for positive change in your workplace.  Your spouse leaves you, or you reach a new level of intimacy. Some changes may look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. 
There may be a period of insecurity and uncertainty. What should I do? As the ego is no longer running your life, the psychological need for external security, which is illusionary anyway, lessens. You are able to live with uncertainty, even enjoy it. When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. The Roman philosopher Tacitus rightly observed that “the desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. “ If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns in to increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.