FINDING THE MISSING

In our heart of hearts we know that what we are doing is not it.  Despite our successes and material gains, something, we feel, is missing.  Most of us will reach our death bed still feeling this way, never knowing what is the matter.

The destiny of the Atman is to awaken.  The awakening of the Atman is the purpose of life and until this occurs there will always be this feeling of incompleteness, deficiency.

Is there anything we can do to facilitate the awakening?  First we must turn our attention to this feeling of incompleteness, allowing it to be.  We will soon then know it for what it really is, which is the yearning, the drive of the Atman to realize its destiny.  This we must then yield to, surrender to, ally ourselves with, which sets the stage for awakening.

Some years ago there was a popular bumper sticker that read "I Found It," although it did not say what it was that was found, when it was found, where it was found, how it was found, why it was found, or even that it had come to be missing. 

Could it be that what the person found was the Atman, the only thing really worth finding.