PEACE OF MIND, THE HOLY GRAIL

A friend of mine, when visiting the Grand Canyon some years ago, in awe and wonderment thought, "All that glory is within me right now." Yes.

The gift is in recognizing that we do not need to be at the Grand Canyon to realize all that glory is within us right now, too.

Again I am reminded that all the other wonders of God's world are within us right this minute...all peace, all love, all kindness, all patience, all joy, all happiness...all we need do is use them. The question then is how? How do I go about using that which my reasoning mind does not feel and actually resists?

My answer is to practice calling up an unwonderful thing that is already present in my life, then using my imagination to see me meeting the unwonderful with all the peace, love, kindness, patience, etc., that is said to be within me already. I call it, kissing it on the lips...imagine my surprise when that worked and continues to work.

I've found my key to opening the door to all God's goodies is learning to laugh at myself. Paradoxically, the quickest way to that end is through taking responsibility for the decision I made based on self that got me in this unwonderful place to begin with.

Take away the person we're naming and blaming and find peace of mind, the Holy Grail.

Thank You.