So placing blame for situations that one encounters is really a lesson in frustration, for all is only the One. In this realization and with this realization comes peace, wisdom, and knowledge. Nothing can come against you that you haven’t called forth from within yourself. All of the universes operate thus. In order to be truly universal, one must have this understanding as part of his cosmology. The things that are happening on this planet, or this stage of consciousness, are truly a reflection of the turmoil and the confusion and the chaos that is within them. There seems to be running rampant an attitude to blame something outside of oneself. There’s never any responsibility taken for one’s own thoughts and one’s own actions. If the whole planet thought differently for just one day, the ramifications would be unbelievable. Just one day of dwelling with oneself in peace and wisdom would heal everything. I don’t even say you’d have to love (though that would be the optimal choice) the seemingly separate entity beyond oneself, but just take away the blame from the other one. Lay off the judgements and the recoiling in distaste. There’s only One, and if only a group did this, it would be a shift in consciousness, a case of critical mass.

The animals are wiser than this. An animal simply is – Isis. Doesn’t blame the other fellow, doesn’t sit around cogitating how he’s going to get even, doesn’t think of the other fellow as stupid. The animal just knows a threat to his life. That’s all. He fights or gets out of the way. Would that Man be as wise! There’s always more than enough blame to go around. The mentality of that seems to be worse. It isn’t easy to live in these times because of such judgement.

These are big error thoughts. Even just one being just Be-ing would affect a large area. So when you meet up with situations that bother you – intrusions upon your dignity – don’t blame the other fellow. Stop yourself and say to yourself deliberately (a wonderful word that means “with deliberation”), “I’ll just Be!” No error thoughts or expending unnecessary energy – just Be. Go through the day in that state and you won’t be weary at night. That’s a part of being in Nature that’s healing – it does its best to survive, but it doesn’t spend time or effort figuring out the whys or the wherefores – it just is.

When nothing distracts you, you live a totally different life. Think about that.
You don’t have to qualify as a Rhodes Scholar; you don’t have to keep up with the Jones. Just Be-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-! In that moment all good is created.
I don’t care if you have to stop yourself a hundred times a day and be mindful of it – just Be. It’s simple really. That’s when you engender power, because you know who you are, and you don’t waste time and judgements in being vindictive. You don’t push a button anymore.
You live a lot longer, more healthfully, do beautiful things, and enjoy a creative spirit because the true energy of Life is not squandered on meaningless pursuits.

Posted in July, 2006.