It is hot! It is 89.6 F right now, but it is cloudy, it will get in to the 90s when it clears up. We have a geothermal heating/cooling system, so, we have air conditioning when we want it. We much prefer having all the windows open and spending most of our time on the screen porch; however, when the night temperatures are over 70, we will resort to air conditioning. We will use it about twice a Summer; 3or 4 days each time.
This has been an interesting weekend. Jamie has been scheduled to have a hernia repaired tomorrow. It has been long planned, and I was going to mention it today, as it may affect my blogging, Wednesday and Friday. We will see. I will give you a heads up. It is a large hernia and not the kind that causes strangulation; but it was time to have it fixed. Saturday evening, Jamie thought she was getting the flu. There has been a mild intestinal thing going around; we figured that was it. However, late in the night, the pain and nausea continued unabated and it was obvious this was not the flu. To the emergency room we went. Her bowel had kinked, causing a stoppage. The doctor, on duty, was able to manipulate it to its proper place and the pain and nausea subsided. They admitted her to the hospital for the following day to make sure everything was okay.
Interesting. Jamie has had this hernia for years and it has been this size for a quite awhile. Why would it act up, two days, before she was scheduled for surgery? Another interesting event: a good friend of ours, who was at, our house, for a party Wednesday, slipped and fell, Thursday, and broke her hip. She was in the hospital, a few rooms down from Jamie.
Saturday night was tough. Neither of us got any sleep and neither were able to nap, successfully, yesterday; yet, I felt, this was some kind of blessing in disguise. It wasn't a small feeling. I felt it strongly and Jamie enjoyed her stay at the hospital. It was the hospital, where she worked for many years, and she had a constant stream of nurses and other staff visiting her. Life is full of interesting things.
I don't know if the times are uncertain or if we just don't know how to read events. The internet is full of dire predictions concerning our financial future. Many feel that the air is going out of the bond market, after Labor Day, and it will drag down the stock market with it. Then gold and silver will sky rocket. Do we care? The financial system, as it now exists, needs to go. We need to get out from under the big banks. Their power has been immense. Their, only strategy, is to make money. Would we be fomenting for war in Syria, if there was no money to be made? The pain in our world is caused by greed for money and power. We don't need to go along with it.
I think most of us have figured out that we can't fight back. We can't meet confrontation with confrontation. We won't find peace through arms, no matter how convincing the argument. Change comes from letting go of the old ideas and raising the level of our thought. We need to avoid getting into any conflict in our minds. Avoid any discussion of pitting good against evil. That is not how it works. We cannot fight evil. Any energy we direct towards evil; increases it. We must disregard it! Ignore it! All conflict creates more conflict.
We want to change the world. We want to bring love into the world. There is only one way to do that. That is, to love. Pointing out the deficiencies of the world, won't do that. Worrying about, what might happen, won't do that. Letting our minds pay attention to fear, of any kind, won't do that. Holding on to any negativity won't do it.
We need to Love. When your eye catches a glimpse of a headline about Syria, pause and send your love on the country and its people; both sides; because there are no sides. All are, innocent people, manipulated by sources, beyond their awareness. Pour your love out on the manipulators, too. Everybody needs to be loved. We need to do it without judgement.
Is it so hard to believe that we can know nothing about this illusion? We know it is painful and we want out. We know it was created with fear. Can we take the position, that we can't figure it out? That we have no way of deciding what is right and what is wrong? That we can't see clearly enough, to make any judgements?
Can we opt out of all conflict and decide we are only going to love? We might measure everything with love. If it is love it is true; if not, it is to be disregarded. Some of, the peoples of the world, are caught up in the illusion. We can release them with our love. We can't fail. We are part of Source.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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