A WEDNESDAY

I am tired and sleepy. I stayed up too late last Night and then when I went to bed my mind was too active and not inclined to shut down into a slumbering state. I toyed with the idea of not blogging, but since I have nothing on my agenda but staring out my study window and perhaps eating up the chips my youngest grandson Elijah left me, I might as well blog.

Most of us believe an awakening is in progress and we will learn to live on Planet Earth in a sane and peaceful manner. I guess that is redundant because if it is sane it has to be peaceful. Then I want to use every excuse I can, to use the words Love, Joy and Peace.

It seems like we are all in a hurry to learn and we are creating lessons for ourselves to help us grow. Some of these lessons can be fiendish and we wonder “why is this happening?” We will get through them easier and quicker if we accept that we are the authors of these situations and they are to help us become more loving, more expansive, less judgmental etc.

We yearn for paradise on Earth. We most realize that, although help is available, change comes from the bottom up. We can't wait for paradise to be bestowed upon us. No, no, no, no, we must look around us and see how we can create paradise in our own lives. Who are we not loving? Who are we judging? Who are we excluding from our heart? Who do we need to forgive? These are a few questions that will point us toward what needs to be done to bring more light into our lives.

Paradise begins within our own heart and mind, with a mind that refuses to judge anyone and a heart that is willing to accept all. We are getting there but we don't have to do so much wearing away. We can make some leaps and bounds.

So much that holds us back are little beliefs we have inculcated from our total culture. For some reason we haven't questioned them. They may be beliefs about politics, religion, gender, child rearing, hierarchy, [add to the list]. We just accepted these notions without realizing they contained bombshells of judgement, prejudice and what have you. We don't want them and as our self-awareness increases we will replace them with loving messages.

Yes! We need to begin the creation of paradise in our own hearts and minds and extend it outward. Do we have paradise in our intimate relationships? Do we have paradise within the four walls of our home? And especially can we find it inside our own skin?

It all starts with learning to love ourselves. Irritating isn't it? We have to begin with how we feel about ourselves. It is a journey and sometimes quite difficult, but it is easier than continuing to create lessons for ourselves to learn the same thing.

I believe there is help around us. We may call the help guides. I do. Last Night as I was trying to calm my busy mind I asked for help in erasing my errors. My mind calmed almost immediately. Peace descended.

We are on a journey to know ourselves as unconditional loving beings. If we turn that around and instead of thinking we have to get there, believe we already are there and we have to strip away the nonsense we have learned it is easier. Our egos interacting with an imperfect world created a shield around us which we mistake as us. That is the factor that separates us from knowing ourselves and all others and keeps us from experiencing Oneness.

The Loving Universe does not see our disguises and loves us all equally. Let us accept the perception of God, or whatever word we want to use, and begin loving ourselves.

Love and Peace, Gregg