“The bible never lies.” How could he even say that with a straight face? A billion thoughts started, then stopped, inside my head. I opened and closed my mouth so many times I felt like a fish...out of water. I tried to mentally align myself somewhere so I could offer a response, but in the end, I just sat there, mouth open, silent. I couldn’t go there. I felt my brain restricting, trying to pull back down into duality thinking, but it just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t form a cohesive thought, so I took the smart route and didn’t say anything. Thank god there’s a delete button on Facebook because a dear friend of mine posted a controversial picture having to do with abortion. I posted (and deleted) two comments. Okay, three, really, but I didn’t even post the third comment. Nothing that I could say made sense in that moment. But I can say what I want to say HERE, because in this place there is only love, and understanding, and respect, and compassion. Join me if you will for my next paragraph…
I believe that as long as people use words like ‘never’ or ‘always’, we are in trouble from the get-go. I believe that as long as people continue to see situations and people in terms of labels, we will never move toward unity. I believe that as long as people continue to believe that their opinions and beliefs are the only valid choice in the world, we are in big trouble. My right may be your wrong - so where does that leave us, then? I believe that all people are good, and of the light. In fact, I believe that every single thing in this whole Universe and beyond (I’ve heard there are several Universes, but that thought just makes my brain hurt too much) is of the light, because I think the light is love and I think love is all there is. You can also call the light/love God, because I think God is love. I do not believe God is an old white-haired, white bearded man sitting on a big throne somewhere. If anything, I think God is more of an energy, okay, well, maybe I just believe that God IS. Just like I believe I Am, and You Are. I believe we are all connected, because I believe we all come from that same place (call it what you will). I believe in miracles, and I believe in angels. I believe that everybody is entitled to their opinion, and I believe everybody is entitled to their own beliefs. Okay, yes, now it gets tricky, because I also don’t believe it’s right to harm another person, but then it just gets plain messy, so you see why I just can’t even talk sometimes? Just when I think I have a belief, or some opinion, I can always see another side to it, or I can contradict myself.
I guess in the end what I would like to say is that I think if I am feeling the love, and being the love, then I am doing what I should be doing...for me. Can’t you just feel it? When it’s all perfectly lined up, and you’re open and in alignment with your Soul - ah. I believe that feeling is Heaven. Literally. When we are One with the All. Then we’re there. I love you. I do. I love everybody in this goofy, messy, crazy world. We’re all so precious, doing our thang, trying to make our voices heard. I love that about us. We take ourselves so seriously. We take life so seriously. We get caught up in our little dramas. Okay, I also have a habit of speaking for others, so let me re-phrase that. I take life too seriously sometimes, I get caught up in my little dramas. Okay, not so much MY dramas, as the dramas of those around me, but if I’m caught up in them, I’m a part of them, right?
I am Love, you are Love, and when we’re all feeling that, there’s nothing else. All the crap just drops away, and we’re left with our Shining Selves, golden, brilliant and perfect. Now I’m feeling THAT, aren’t you? So I choose that, for today and tomorrow. My prayer is then this: I pray for my life to be alignment with You always, I pray for everyone to feel love and to feel loved, I pray for gentleness and compassion and understanding and respect. I pray for wisdom, and I pray for the knowledge of when to remain silent, and when to speak. And if I DO speak, I pray for the right words to speak. And to come from a place of love, always from a place of love. Because if you’re in that place, you are most assuredly feeling the love.