Anthony de Mello shared a delightful lesson in awareness. The story is that Nasruddin was seen dashing through the village astride his donkey. When the people of the village asked him why he was in such a hurry, he replied that he had lost his donkey and was trying to find him! I know how Nasruddin feels. I once searched high and low frenetically trying to find my rimless glasses that were comfortably sitting on my face! I laughed at my lack of awareness, and was relieved that no one but my poodle witnessed the folly. But often we are searching for answers that are already within our consciousness, but we have forgotten that the only time is now, and that everything is available to us in the now. We search for the meaning of life and the meaning we give to it is all it will ever mean. We search for love and we are the embodiment of love. We search for wealth, and abundance is no more than a positive vibration waiting for our alignment with it. We search for truth in the dark corners of our fears when there is light and happiness all around us and within us. We search for significance and miss all the signs that point to one love in the universe. We are searching for something that we have never lost. Be still and know who you are.