WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO OURSELVES?

I awoke to a cloudy day; although the Sun is trying to peak out now. It stayed fairly warm all night. I don't think it got below 50F. Last evening, we were able to sit on the porch until after Sundown. Warm evenings are rare this time of year.

I felt a little dull last night; not really radiating with happiness. What was I saying to myself? Was I criticizing myself for being judgmental? It is easy to catch ourselves when we are blatantly self-critical but more difficult when the feeling is like a wet blanket. Still, we are saying something to ourselves. Sometimes we might be critical because we are not particularly happy and we see no reason for unhappiness. That is a trick we can play on ourselves. If we ask ourselves if we are happy, we invite unhappiness. Always assume happiness. The opposite is obvious.

We want to evolve. We know where we are going. We know paradise beckons. As we get more sophisticated, the self imposed, attacks on our self esteem become more subtle. They can begin as little niggly things in our consciousness and then have real consequences.

Yes, we know we want to evolve, but in some ways we hold ourselves back. Change can be scarey. We know we want to be unconditionally loving beings but, but...................

We need to look at it differently. We are not evolving, in the sense, that we are changing into something new. We are discovering who we are already. We are already unconditionally loving beings. We are perceptually, creative beings who made an illusion, so real to us, that we can't easily find a way out.

So we are not trying to be unconditionally loving beings. We are already. We just need to give up the act we developed in the illusion. When we divest ourselves of everything that is not love, we are who we really are. We don't have to achieve anything, we just need to give up our dreck.

We are so used to the disguise, that we developed for the illusion, that we panic a little when we find it slipping. And it is slipping. it is dissolving in the love that surrounds us and emanates from us.

We will give up all that is holding us back. We don't need to concern ourselves with our ultimate goal. We will succeed. Time is the only factor. How long our we willing to suffer the illusion? How long are we willing to mess around in this uncertain world? How long are we willing to say negative things to ourselves?

Keeping two things in mind helps: one; we are unconditionally loving beings of light, two; we are One. When we pay attention to what we say to ourselves, these guidelines are helpful. Let us not say anything to ourselves that we wouldn't say to an unconditionally loving person. And remember that whatever we say to ourselves, we are saying to the whole. So, we raise the consciousness of all when we say positive things to ourselves. Perhaps, we should mention a third thing; keep in mind, this is our responsibility. It is not a matter of blame, duty or burden, but simply our responsibility. We are responsible for discovering and acting upon who are; loving and creative beings of the Universe.

And/also, loving beings don't take themselves so seriously. They don't have to- they know everything is perfect. Celebrate, dance, sing- have a great belly laugh!

Happy Friday!

Love and Peace,  Gregg