Spring weather has been here only three days and it is already old hat. Well not quite; but it is easy to get used to. The difference between this last Friday 4/26 and Friday 4/19 was phenomenal. On the 19th, we had to get plowed out. We had over a foot of snow on the ground. Spring was still a glimmer at the end of the tunnel.
On 4/26 Spring was manifest. We sat out on the screen porch for the first time. We had supper out on the porch and we celebrated heartily. A little too heartily for this old soldier. It was a beautiful day and wonderful evening. The long awaited Spring had arrived. The temperature was over 70F. There were still piles of snow around where it was shed by the roof.
Saturday and Sunday continued warm and the remaining snow shrank. There is only a few piles of snow left and they could be gone by tomorrow. It is easy to see the Earth as paradise after a weekend like this.
My mentors, both past and present, remind me that I needn't wait for paradise. I need only to open my eyes. If you can stop time; you will see paradise. We live in a time stream. We are continually caught up in time. It travels fast or slow or both at the same time. We can't seem to stop it. The past creates the future. We miss the present, where creation is taking place. We simply do not experience the present. For thousands of years teachers, of meditation have taught us how do it. True peace can only be found in the present. I think we have, all, had experiences of great clarity or great peace, that seemed to happen spontaneously.
How can we stop creating the future from the past? How can we see the present? Pay attention to your mind. Catch yourself dwelling on the past. Often, we dwell on the past when we need to forgive someone. Teach yourself to forgive, naturally and spontaneously, so you don't drag the past into the present.
Opening your eyes, means being here and now. It means being present. Let us assume that the present is love. One way to approach it, is to see only love in all situations. If you see only love, you are in the present, you are in paradise.
Many of us are waiting for the New World of Love. We are getting frustrated because we are not experiencing it. We desperately want it to be here; yet where is it? Perhaps we need to take a new tack. Perhaps we need to consider how much time we spend looking at the Old World and thinking, that is reality. Reality, after all, is what we think it is. We extend what we pay attention to. There is no need to focus on what was; the Old World is 'was'. It doesn't exist in the now.
To peel away, the layers of illusion of the Old World, practice seeing through to the New World. The Old World is made of fear [a rejection of love], you don't need to see it. See the beauty all around you. Look to see the love in everything and everybody.
Some friends of ours were recently in Florida. They traveled in their camper truck and stayed in RV parks. The RV parks were populated by people who had lost their homes during the recession[?] or current depression. They didn't see a bunch of desperate people who were depressed by their poverty. They saw people, who lovingly cared for each other and were concerned for the common good. They created a community. Their community was infused with love. And that is how people are! People are naturally loving. We are love.
Turn your eyes away from the Old World. See the New World. It is already here.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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