Effortless running

If you run everyday, you get a chance to experience this, so called, effortless running. If you start running, initially it will feel good. But soon, it will start becoming painful. The more you run, the more painful it will become. It will push you to just stop running. If somehow you continue, you will feel that it is becoming extremely difficult to continue. But if still continue, by slowing down very much, by breathing hard and by whatever strategies you want to implement to continue, you will reach a state where it will start becoming easy. And slowly it will become more and more easier and at some point it will become effortless. The task which was extremely painful in the beginning will become effortless. The part which felt like it was taking all your energy, now will start giving you energy. This is called effortless running.

In life when we start anything new, initially it will make us feel happy, but soon it will become a burden or painful may be because of not able to sustain the interest, lack of energy, not able to feel the final state or for whatever reason. At some point it will become very painful and we tend to stop. But if you keep going even though it is extremely difficult, you will get to experience something amazing. What was painful in the beginning will become effortless and will start giving us energy. In order to achieve it, the key is to just keep going.

This made me think that at some time we can get to effortless living. Its the same cycle that applies. Start anything -> becoming painful -> keep going -> becoming extremely painful -> keep going -> achieve perfection -> become effortless -> experience bliss. If every aspect of life is covered through this cycle, its effortless living.

Keep going and experience effortless living