The threat of drought has greatly attenuated with the inch and one-half of rain we received these last couple days. We have the possibility of rain, forecast everyday this week. We are behind several inches and the swamps and potholes need replenishing.
I was planning on working outside today. We need to finish the garden fence and there is much, other, outside work to be done. My blogging will probably be more intermittent than usual these next two weeks. It is a little too wet to get much done today, but when we can work outside, I will need to.
I have been learning more about our need to love ourselves. We emphasize our need to love each other; we don't talk enough about loving ourselves. We can't genuinely love others if we can't love ourselves. A few days last week, I experienced a moderate degree of crabbiness [my loving wife might say it was more than moderate]. At some level, I was not liking myself. The ego whispers negativity into your mind's ear. If one listens, without refutation, one is likely to have a downer. You don't have to be aware of the exact content of the whispering; but as soon as one feels the effect they can release themselves of the experience by reinforcing the love for themselves. If you love yourself, you won't treat yourself shabbily.
How do you love yourself? Know that you are innocent! To know you are innocent, you must extend the perception of innocence to everyone. Relinquish all judgement. Practice seeing everybody as innocent. In this separate world, you cannot get into the body of another and see what they see. If you could, you would not judge. If you could, you would see what loving remedy would be successful in helping them give up their hurtful behavior. The more we can see innocence in others, the more we will experience our own. We will experience the beginning of Oneness.
The Sun is out now and my outside chores are beckoning.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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