BE JOYFUL

It is a pleasant day, mostly Sunny, cool though for Sept 1st, we had one day of Summer, now back to early Fall. The forecast is for more hot weather but............. it feels like we are sinking into Autumn.

Have you noticed, how much wetter dew is, than rain? I went out this Morning and my shoes got drenched. Every August I comment on this to whomever will listen. It seems so surprising. The grass is much wetter after a heavy dew than after an inch of rain. I know it is simple physics, the rain comes down with the force of gravity and it tends to continue down the blades of grass to the ground; whereas, the dew condenses on the grass blades, very little of it finds its way to the ground. Maybe, I am like a child that likes the mystery more than the explanation.

I hear people comment on how sad the world is; there seems to be pain and tragedy all around. We wish we could help. It weighs us down. Yet we know we cannot help by getting into the pits of gloom ourselves. Compassion is loving understanding of one's pain, it is not joining them in their pain. We need to be with those who suffer, whether it is in person or spirit. Help when we can and love always. We can be there for the person in pain without being in pain ourselves. I know you know this, but I need to remind myself.

There is so much pain in the world, but we are no use to those in pain, if we are in pain ourselves. We need to find our joy so we can project love upon the world. The media loves to rub our noses in the pain and tragedy; but have you noticed the love and caring that is constantly present? The stories of love and compassion and people working together are inspiring.

Carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders does not help the world; being joyful will. Everything is helping to bring more awareness and light to the world. It would be nice, if the awakening could proceed, without shocks to our system. It doesn't always look like it, but everything that happens, is helping us awaken.

We have been in a deep sleep; characterized by worship of money, prestige, authority, competition, violence, and all the other symptoms, of profound separation from each other and the universe. Giving up the illusion of separation is not easy. However, we are doing it. There are bumps along the way.

We need to give up, our ideas, of hierarchies among human beings. We need to give up our worship of authority. We, especially, need to give up our worship of power and money. We have many, many beliefs based on separation that are just not true. I often say, “We need to give up all belief.” That is because we have been raised in a very corrupt world that has lied to us, and manipulated us with falsehoods, from the minute we were born. How can we sort out the truth from the fiction?

We can start at the baseline, there is only love. Then postulate that truth most be love. What will happen if we hold only the beliefs that are loving? What if all our decisions, hence our actions, came from love? Is that so hard to imagine?

The media is going to focus on what brings them the greatest audience, therefore profit, unfortunately in what seems, the prevailing public consciousness, that is horror of any kind. However, that only seems to be the prevailing consciousness, as those into power and money still control it. However, try as they may, they are not able to keep the love and caring from shining through.

I think the prevailing consciousness is now tilted towards love and not just a little tilted. How many complaints have we heard from friends and family that the media is too negative?

Yes, the world seems heavy, it can drag us down; but, the greatest gift we can give is to be joyful. Look for joy. Look for love. And, for the sake of a sane Universe, let us stop judging ourselves and others.

We are love! Let us be it!

Happy Friday everyone! Be joyful!

Love and Peace, Gregg