Four teenagers went to see a staging of the play called “Our Town” as guests of the show Sunday Morning. The question the show wanted answered was, “would this play resonant with the ‘twitter and instant gratification’ generation”.
After the play the two boys and two girls were interviewed and the question, based on the play, was asked, “Is there enough in just (a blue sky), a sunny day, in just an ordinary day, to fill the need for stimulation?” The answer from one of the boys was a marvel of simplicity and truth. “The question is not – is there enough – but are you looking up?”
With an increasingly instant world comes the risk of not appreciating and enjoying the overflowing gifts of each moment. The sun streaming in our windows, the voice of a loved one, the tips of daffodils emerging through the earth, and the flight of a bird are all enough just in themselves, if we are paying attention.
There are not enough words to describe the richness and overflow of wealth in each moment, no matter where we live, or who we are – it is there if we but “look up”.
(Speaking of abundance in the moment ..Our Ohio family has an annual PJ Movie Day. This is a short clip of the pillow fight that of course had to happen on a PJ Day!)
(If you are reading this on Facebook this video won’t show up. You can see it here.)
It’s too easy to be caught up in what is not working, and forget what is just right. It’s too easy to focus on other people’s lives and either admire them or hate them for what they have in life. It’s too easy, and it is dangerous because it blinds us to the richness and abundance found in each moment of life and leaves us in the illusion of “not enough” which is the breeding ground for all forms of fear and greed.
What we call a material world is the objectification of our current highest awareness of each idea, person, or object of its actual spiritual and eternal identity as the effect and idea of the divine infinite Mind.
We are not creating anything with our thinking and our beliefs. We are hiding what is present now as a spiritual fact from our own view, and therefore the ability to experience it in our lives. When we agree with the worldview of lack, and debt, and obligation to matter we are both blinding and binding ourselves.
It may appear to be easy to take off those blinders because they are not who we are, but when the habit, training, and worldview is to wear them at all times, it takes obsessive vigilance to keep them off.
The universe is expanding, not contracting. What we perceive as reality is a tiny speck in what is, in Big R Reality, infinite and always present. Far out of reach of the five senses is the “invisible” universe, the spiritual universe that is here and now. This infinite consciousness is in the mode of constant provision.
We experience this infinite abundance in greater degrees as we shift our perception away from what appears as a limited and problematic materiality, and into the awareness and gratitude for the presence of the abundance in every moment of our lives.
We can refuse to discuss, chew over, be swayed by, and driven by the illusion of lack. We can give up the habit of staring at what isn’t working, and reacting to the problems of the world as if they were real. We can give up demanding that the material world owes us something, and we will give up the habit of debt to get it.
We can stand still and listen in the pause to the still small voice of Truth, which throughout human history has been the voice of the infinite singing of Its presence. When we listen, it has the power to dissolve the lie of lack. Stand still in that awareness and feel the gratitude for your abundant life that exists now. Stand there in that Truth, and be the inspiration for others to stand with you.
Together we can look up; together we can be aware of each abundant moment, and that surely is more than enough.
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With all of the daily activities that we all try to pack into a day it is a wonder that any of us ever see anything that is happening around us.This Ezine struck a lot of cords with me because it mentions many things that I have come to realize. People’s awareness (or lack of) and the realization of just how small we are in this infinite space despite how important we all like to believe we are.
I am guilty of letting too many moments go by without notice and I know that it is because I did not ALLOW myself to be in that moment. But for all of the moments that I have may have missed I still see much more than a lot of people that I have met. I think that one good example of this is the weather that we have been having lately with all of the snow and the bad driving conditions.
I was on the road during one of the worst days that we had for snow and while I was not happy about the driving conditions I remember going around a curve in the road and entering an area where there were trees standing on either side. To my left I noticed that all of the trees were bare and the woods looked very grey and murky but on my Right, for some reason, all of the trees down to the very tiniest of limbs were covered with snow. The contrast of one side of the road to the other was unlike anything I had seen before. On one side everything was dull and uninviting while the other side looked like it had been meticulously painted by an artist. It was almost as if there was a choice right there in front of me as to what I would allow myself to see. I could be miserable because of the weather or I could witness a larger view and see something that was truly amazing. But I also sit here and consider how many people drove by that spot and saw nothing at all.
Mesa was right, this really does put it into perspective and for me it’s nice to see this come from someone else. It serves as a reminder to keep working on my awareness at all times, not just when it’s convenient.
Thanks John .. it is always good to look at life with an artist’s eye isn’t it?
Thanks Mesa! (and for “starring” in the PJ video!)
WOW, that really puts it in perspective!
This was an especially wonderful Ezine Beca, I loved the ‘Deep Field’ video..
Thank you!