Most of us initially struggle with difficult problems and learning new skills. But eventually everything magically falls into place, and it's as if everything is crystal clear and easy to do. I've always referred to it as getting to the "ah-ha" moment.
Can you remember when you first started learning to ride a bicycle? Do you remember how you kept falling down? Do you remember how hard it seemed to balance?
Then, suddenly, one day, everything just fell in place. You cycled around for hours without falling off the bike once.
Which is weird, isn't it?
I mean, one day you're struggling and the next day you're zooming away like a pro. The same principle applies to many other aspects of your personal and professional life. One day you're struggling in the mud, and the next day you're skimming over the waves.
Well, I recently learned that the Japanese have a term for the "ah-ha" moment. It's called Satori (Sa-to-ree) or a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment or awareness.
Even though you may not realise it, many things are really spiritual. You set out to change someone's life. You set out to reduce someone's pain. And that person may be a family member, a friend, a business client, or a colleague.
When the moment of Satori comes, it's instant, a sudden awakening. You won't see the steps. It will be like bike riding. One moment you won't understand a thing about what the heck you're doing, and the next moment you will.
Keep at what you're doing, because Satori is the insight you achieve only after expending a good deal of your energy and imagination. You, too, will get your moment. And then these sets of paragraphs will make perfect sense to you.
Satori is not as far away as you think. Satori can happen at any moment, on any given subject, wherever we are, even at the bottom of the mountain.