I knew a woman who was unhappy with her life circumstances. Her holiday meals were on card tables and lawn chairs as there was never enough money to have the lavish table she thought an event should have. She complained constantly. Then unexpectedly, she came into a fortune of money!
But something is gnawing away at her. She will never get a second chance. She can never erase the grumbling from her past which did not meet her ideal. She never learned appreciation and humility, and all her money can't buy it for her.
Never let a chance go by -- bloom exactly where your circumstances have led you.
I keep my life simple by understanding two opposite concepts. The first is that everything which happens during the day is my ego's illusion -- madness, chaos, uncertainty, even in good times.
The second is the miracle -- my ego's opposite.
Where there was darkness, now I have light, confusion becomes wisdom, etc. The miracle overlooks the errors in myself and
others. Where evil was...now there is holiness.
Whenever the ghost makes an appearance, the crystals on my chandelier expand and radiate light in response to his awareness of Truth.
He knows things, mysteries from the beginning of time, and freely shares them with me.
Like the crystals, my consciousness awakens with each fortunate visit, absorbing the energy of a higher vibration.
Listen...you can hear him too...
Whatever we think we are waiting for, if we don't realize those moments have the greatest potential, we might miss an opportunity for happiness.
It is in the expectation of things yet to come that we can alter the fluid substance of consciousness.
Wait with deliberate intention. Avoid doubt and fear. Anticipation holds the power to plant the seeds to your desired harvest.
I anticipate myself in one chair, and a loving companion in the other. What are you anticipating?
During the Great Depression, my family sat around the fireplace embers and sewed quilts to keep warm at night. This is the only one that lasted.
Take a look at how every scrap of fabric was not only valuable, but essential to the whole blanket. There was no concern for differences in size, shape or color.
So it is with our brothers and sisters in the world -- we're each a part of the All.
Without hatred, how can we know love?
Without anger, how can we know peace?
Without darkness, how can we know light?
Everything is dual, everything has its opposite. They play off each other for deeper understanding. But like and unlike are actually the same, different only in degree.
This is the reason we have chosen to live in a world of illusive duality -- to reconcile those polar extremes and to embrace the All.
