"Find the feeling ... of being grateful."
--Mr. Sydney Banks, A/V materials (frequent theme in talks)
"Reality is always kind."
--Byron Katie
"If you imagine the universe is agitated, go out and look at the night stars."
--Lao Tzu
Last night, my husband and I were chatting about "Life," as it were/is/may be. There were some of the usual apparent difficulties, recessionary issues and etc.
I said to him, "See how the universe is being helpful to you."
"Yes," he said, "it's all in how you think about it."
And I said, no, "See how the universe is being helpful, not that you think it is, but that it is."
Which seemed quite different to me at the time.
Sydney Banks, who passed away on Memorial Day, talked often of gratitude as the doorway to inner knowledge. He told us all to be grateful for little things, big things, medium things, all things.
I am starting to see that gratitude shifts our thoughts toward how the universe supports us. A pause at a traffic light, a time for reflection. A child. (A child!) A soft hotel bed. A fresh breeze. Sunshine. A husband who comes home at 5 every day. A husband who stays late, working hard for his family. Time alone. Time together. A neck ache that puts you in bed for a rest.
As we shift our thoughts toward how the universe supports us, we begin to go beyond just experiencing the effects of "positive thinking" and toward the very Nature of the Universe and Reality.
Reality is Love, Intelligence, Power.
Reality is Love.
Reality supports us, as that is its nature. It could not fail to do so.
& if you seek, so shall you find ...
with Love,
Your Mystical Mama
