Instead of praying for God to bring us happy, joyous and free, start giving happy, joyous and free. We get it by giving it, by being it. Just Be.
In the face of life's latest slap upside the head...awake! Awake from our material state. Visualize angel wings carrying us forward...over the lumps and the bumps, over the less-than-wonderful...up to the new and beautiful place within our very own self...up to our worry-free zone.
It's hard to find that zone, God's hidey hole, only because we've never taken the time to look for it. A quick glance and "not here" is our plaint. In truth, that's really our ego's excuse. It dare not look or let us look...if/when we find God's hidey-hole, we'll know we never need ego again. Which isn't to say we'll never use ego again, but we will be free of the hypnotism of it.
And there it is...the good and the bad news both together. The delicious feeling of having someone to blame is gone. We'll not be able to freely blame again. What we get is a moment of pure bliss that comes from grace when we take responsibility for our own self.
The great secret is that taking responsibility for our own self entails giving over to another...ceding our rights, for our rights are ego, plain and simple.
That is the pearl beyond price. Unimaginable...which is why it's so hard to find, I'm guessing.
We spend our spiritual energy trying to imagine God's grace...sticking with the reasoning mind. No. We get to hold our nose and take a leap of faith. Out there in the ether without a net. And all we need think is "thank you." Before the fact.
Thank you.
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