The Real Spring

A normal spring came back a few days ago and gone are the balmy temperatures. It got down to 20 degrees F last night. It is 43 now.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Holiday. Mine was a little different. We planned to get together with relatives; we didn't make it. I had a stomach ache during the night and in the morning I was on the toilet, with a bucket under my chin. A familiar pose to many of you, I am sure. It seemed like food poisoning, but it was probably a virus. I didn't eat anything we all didn't. I was sickish during the day, but recovered by bedtime.

Of course, I have to look at why I chose to be sick. I believe, at some level [and it may be well hidden], we orchestrate everything we experience. I don't have any problem with this hypothesis and I generally see connections. However, while your sick, it is not a good time to speculate on the reason why; then is the time to surrender to 'the now' and the healing that is there. When you have processed things correctly, you realize everything is a blessing.

A week ago, I began a discussion about perception and I intend to expand on it. In the coming days I will come back to it, frequently. On one hand it is simple; we see what we expect to see, according to our past experiences, and the thoughts we hold in our mind. When we look at it closer we find many differences, from person to person. Many people have, what I think of, as little emotional/mental cysts that were created by some unresolved hurt they experienced. These act as negative thought/feeling generators. When they are triggered by some outside event the person is flooded with negative feelings that color everything they see and think. Thus, people can experience the exact same event and have entirely different interpretations about what they experienced. This difference in perception can be subtle or extreme. It is safe to say, that no two people see anything alike. It, also, raises the question, is there a reality? A reality independent of perception; we will find out.

So how can we perceive what is? What is there to see, if we could see without our colored perception? The first thing we need to do, is look at ourselves honestly. What kind of ideas are we hanging on to, without any basis in truth? What ideologies are we adhering to. Most importantly what painful memories do we still have; have we buried them so they have made little cysts?

There is a reason forgiveness is stressed in spiritual literature. Your mind can not be free of the past, without forgiveness. Everyone of those little painful cyst has a person our persons connected to it. FOR YOUR SAKE,  you need to forgive them. The cyst will dissolve, in that area, your perception will change. As we learn to clear our perception of past influences, we will discover that forgiveness is our greatest tool. We will learn to practice it constantly.

Eventually we will learn to see what is there, without changing it in our mind. I believe we will see a world of love.

Events will, soon, come fast and furious to challenge everything we now believe. The more we can perceive love and empty our minds the better we will be. Instead of feeling stressful, focus on how you can be of service to those around you. Resist all fear thoughts; replace them with love as fast as you can.

Love and Peace, Gregg