We notice, from our perspective on the other side, that the world has a lot going on right now. Some things might appear to be detrimental and others upbuilding and positive. But keep in mind that both activities, operating simultaneously, indicate that much energy is going into changing things, and fast. It is possible for positive outcome to result from even the most horrendous of activities. Keep your own focus on the inner knowing you are establishing within yourself as you work on staying heart-centered. For the truth is that this time of change is critical. As we take in the larger picture, we see just how important it is. Stay connected to the idea that these times are extremely important and positive rather than just extremely detrimental. That attitude alone will help the cause of good.
When times are difficult and uncertain, remain attached to thoughts that are positive and enabling rather than negative and defeating. In times of turmoil, it is best to withdraw from argumentation and instead center within the self in a positive way, saying prayers of gratitude and thanks, mantras that are supportive of a changing life. In so doing, any thoughts of denigration or hopelessness that arise will be swiftly set aside. Keep the heart and mind pure and open to the guidance that will surely come. Sometimes even on the other side of the Earth life there are times of waiting too.
There is hope in the air. When you use your imagination to conjure pictures of beauty and love, when you use your voice to speak words of inspiration, when you sing the praises of love and kindness and compassion you contribute to that sense of hope. Use your abilities wisely and for the greater good of all. In all the small ways you can, be a beacon of hope.
Stepping down from a small ladder, I misjudged the final step. Suddenly I was falling backwards. I was able to turn slightly, allowing my wrist and hand to somewhat break the fall so I did not land flat on my back. But I hit the ground hard nonetheless.
Immediately, my consciousness flew to The Mother, Aurobindo’s guide and partner. She had painstakingly made clear that pretty much anything could be healed if we could fully gather our awareness and focus it on the experience at hand, in the current moment, before it was defined.
I grabbed my wrist and hand before the expected pain arrived and incessantly told myself, “My hand and wrist are healing; my hand and wrist are healed.” The boomerang wave of expected pain did not arrive. I kept repeating my suggestion.
Soon, I couldn’t be sure which hand had broken the fall, since both hands felt identically calm and agile. The same still holds true, as if no fall had ever happened. Funny, Jan heard the fall from a distance but encountered no voice in crisis, hence moved on without feeling the need to check.
The critical factor in this definition of life experience is to assume control of defining it, before the absolutely expected outcome arrives. The Mother pointed out, that though one could still heal if the expected definition of pain and disjointedness arrived, it is so much more difficult to unseat a ruling expectation once it has set in.
We have all learned a myriad of cause and effect reactions to body mishaps in physical life. The subconscious mind readily offers its knowledge to consciousness as it prepares it to experience the consequence of its defined predicament. That is habit.
What I was able to do was seize hold of that energy and redirect its mission to total healing. The subconscious was all ears and it changed the expected outcome of my fall.
For the record, this was but a small three-step ladder. This was not a dramatic fall from an extension ladder. The rational mind has plenty of reasons to disavow anything special in this minor fall. Nor do
I claim any specialness in this instantaneous healing. However, it is a fact, a fact of my life.
The time we are in is wrought with extreme polarization. The Law of Opposites enables us to differentiate and define ourselves as specific personalities based on our beliefs. The rupture to our wholeness, which is the state of the union of those opposites, that we are currently experiencing, does have the enlightening effect of challenging the certainty we previously held of how energy must play out according to established order. Anything is possible.
In fact, we have free will. On the mental plane, we can indeed direct our intent, as we will, to manifest material results. Take advantage of the possibility of defining life in new ways as we traverse this time of breakdown. Direct it towards the greater good. Seize the moment before it seizes you.
It won’t be long before you have mastered your own mind! Every day as you remind yourself of your commitment to strengthen your power of thought by using the power of your own mind to step away from the usual banter, the chatter within yourself, you strengthen your spirit and its ability to lead and guide you. Every time you say no to the chatter of worry and failure and lack and loss and turn instead to the language of thanks and gratitude, to the prayer of peace and the stillness of heart, you step away from the old. Every time you stir the imagination to think positively, you bring forth new life. All of this is possible within yourself, by the words you say to yourself and the thoughts you elect to think. Change your thinking today and see what happens to your mood and your emotions, to your blood pressure and your heartrate. Give yourself a health cure, simply by thinking differently. No need to go to a spa, just change your words from the old negative to the new positive.
