I wonder how many people get their thoughts mired in the muck of negativity around our presidency, global warming, or pollution? I’ve talked to lots of people who struggle with anxiety and find themselves worrying about what Trump is going to do next, how much plastic is in the ocean, or if we’ll run out of fuel. I hear people worrying that there’s nothing they can do about it, nothing that will make a difference. They become disillusioned with the world.
On a spiritual front, I hear people talking about ascension, getting closer to God, or as the Sufi say, The One. Organized Religions say their way is the only way. As if there was only one way. But, does that make sense? Would a loving being make it that hard? Would The One make it so there was only one right path, one way to ascend?
Having lived through the death of a child, I feel like I have been given a connection with The One. I keep receiving the message that there are lots of paths. Imagine a location with many paths to get there. Imagine your city’s downtown and how many route’s there are to get to the center. You have your favorite route, streets you would prefer to take and you know your friend/beau/spouse likes to go another way, but they both get you there. Spirituality is similar. There are lots of ways to get closer to God. They will all get you there. You just have to find the route that works for you.
Everything in this blog I offer as a potential route to help you get there.
If you work on yourself, lifting your mood, relieving your anxiety, stabilizing your mood, that will help you feel better, think more positively, and get closer to The One. If you exercise, meditate, and volunteer to help others, it will help you evolve and get closer to God, helping you shine a light to others.
Paying attention to all the negativity in the world is a way of being mired in the physical world, controlled by the media and the government, getting too focused on being IN the world, rather than being OF the world. It’s important to keep an awareness, which can be helped through meditation, that we’re only visiting here, all this physical stuff is temporary, and miracles do happen. If miracles can happen, it stands to reason that if we really try to fix our world, it could get easier to fix.
If everyone could focus on the beautiful positive things in our world, rather than the ugly negative things, we would be a much more peaceful people. Imagine each day, waking up and listening to the news, full of shootings, robberies, thefts, and all Trump’s negativity. A downer, right? Then imagine starting each day meditating, speaking a long list of things you’re grateful for out loud, hugging someone, petting an animal, and helping another person. Imagine noticing wildlife, paying attention to flowers blooming, noticing the bulbs popping up in the spring, and planting something you can watch grow. What would your day be like then? What kind of light would you shine?
From this perspective, if we meditate, work on positive thinking patterns, and take care of our physical temple, our body, we will get closer to The One.
The idea is similar to boiling point. If you’ve ever watched a pot of water begin to boil, you would notice that when about 11% of the water begins to boil, suddenly all of the water is boiling. If 11% of the population meditates, loves, helps others, imagines a healthy world, at some point everyone will suddenly be on board with that idea. Maintaining this focus enables us to live happier, be healthier, and focus on the greater good.