MARCH SNOWS

I awoke to about two inches of fresh snow. I had a dentist appointment first thing this morning. I finished my chores late and now it is time to blog.

If the forecast holds true, we will be snowed in again Monday. This Winter seems reluctant to let hold of its icy grip. Perhaps it is a metaphor for the, seeming, continued grip of the old world. This Winter has not been good to me. I am sure there is some benefits I don't see right now. But I experience it as long and dreary. From any objective standard, it hasn't been bad, but I have been wanting it over for two months.

I was hopeful that the new pope would be a good person to oversee the dissolution of the Papacy. It is over! Will it go gracefully or in anguish? If the reports are true, he is not the person to do the job with Grace. He sided with, the most conservative of the church, against liberation theology and fired two Jesuit priest who were later murdered by the Argentinian dictatorship. I don't know if there is a connection between the firing and the murders, but his detractors, say there is. We will see. Everything will come out.

Despite my ability to see the shining of the light everywhere, I have been overwhelmed with the horror of the news lately. I like news. I don't listen to television news much anymore; for one thing, Jamie can't stand it. It doesn't, usually, affect me that much, but I don't get anything out of it either. I still like to read the paper. In the last couple weeks, I have been appalled by the negativity and plain stupidity of the reported news.

I just reread the foregoing paragraphs. It doesn't sound like I am bright and shining today. Well, I can't be on top every moment or maybe I can. Every once in awhile the weariness that chases me catches up and I need to let go, relax, and let the light shine it away.

I am convinced, that if we could see the truth of who we are, we would be estatic all the time. We get caught up in our own thought streams that are influenced by past negativity. They don't even have to be identifiable thoughts, they can be old feelings that are still available because we need to give up our attachment to some element of the past. As we move out of the past, really let it go, our perception of the present changes.

In fact we are doing that, right now, collectively. As more and more people understand they are the authors of their experience, they begin to bring more love in to their lives and spark love in their neighbors.

There will be a coming together of like minded people soon. I think people, who have a vision of the new world, will be gathering together to bring their vision to fruition.

Love and Peace,  Gregg