Beautiful post, Mary. Your word 'home' that keeps recurring touches me deeply. That is what's missing, isn't it? There's something profoundly 'not at home' in our current situation.
I woke up thinking about your comment on my miracle post that they happen more and more when you notice them. I was thinking 'watch what you wish for.' If the…
Beautiful post, Mary. Your word 'home' that keeps recurring touches me deeply. That is what's missing, isn't it? There's something profoundly 'not at home' in our current situation.
I woke up thinking about your comment on my miracle post that they happen more and more when you notice them. I was thinking 'watch what you wish for.' If there had been no hurricane, if you or your house had never been in danger, even if you'd had a full tank of gas, that wouldn't have been a miracle. It takes things going wrong and getting you to that point of adrenaline overload for the miracle to happen.
And maybe that keeps ramping up because the little things aren't enough to convince us to be calm and welcome the big things. That's why I'm paying fierce attention to the little ones! No big lessons needed, spirit! Ya hear me?
This is a fascinating concept, Tereza. I wonder if it's really person-specific, as in... I've noticed in my own life that the more open I am, the more calm, the more present to every moment, the more I experience what I would consider "miracles:" synchronicities and serendipities. As chaotic as the evacuation was, I was uncharacteristically peaceful within it. I was moving swiftly, for sure, but there was no adrenaline overload here. But maybe that's how miracles work for me?!
I do understand that the lack of hurricane and its concomitant dangers would have cancelled the miracles I witnessed, so there is that... but maybe the little things are training our "miracle muscles," as it were, so that when the big things come -- and we all experience big things at some point in our lives -- we will be strong enough to handle them.
Thanks for this thought-provoking comment, Tereza, as usual!! xox
Yes, you really refined my concept here, Mary. And it's such a tricky thing to tease out. When I look at concepts like the Law of Attraction and Prosperity Consciousness and Positive Thinking, in their simplistic forms, they lend themselves to blaming the victims. 'If you're poor, it's because you're not BELIEVING hard enough.' I've seen Course folks blaming their spouses for 'choosing' their cancer. There's something true but also nuanced there.
So are Tonika's cancer and Michael's death miracles or things that could have been averted with a different spiritual outlook? Here's how I'm thinking about it. The things that happen have to happen, because this is our dream and God can't override our will. But spirit can choreograph the dream.
Someone needed to be the example of how to do cancer right. How to respond with joy and strength and trust--but not in the twisted 'healthcare' system. Maybe in some pre-birth state, Tonika chose to be that model that will change things for thousands of people to come. I certainly couldn't think of anyone better with that trust-fall.
And maybe Michael's lifespan was set before his birth and Margaret made a choice that she would go through the loss in order to have this extraordinary person in her life, with their extraordinary relationship, for the time alloted. An act of courage and trust.
And you, living in the miracle on the daily, chose to almost-move to places now devastated, so you could convey how wrong and unnatural this is. And could have the experience of calm in the midst of evacuation and dwindling gas in the tank and the stations. You've been practicing that trust-fall for a long time.
Veronica tells me that it's the near-misses that still bring on panic, more than anything that actually happened. Things like almost losing a kid or two or three. It's like I feel I used up my share of luck. But it doesn't work that way. And I can't feel like I was blessed without feeling like God is unfair. So 'what if we'd moved to WNC?' is a near-miss that gives you compassion and insight, but being there wasn't the role you've chosen to play.
It's such a brain-bender. Everything that you've posited seems totally plausible; I'm nodding along with you. Ah, there's nothing quite like speculating on the impossible-to-know! In the end, we all believe what serves us best and (hopefully) enjoy batting around these beliefs with one another... xox
Beautiful post, Mary. Your word 'home' that keeps recurring touches me deeply. That is what's missing, isn't it? There's something profoundly 'not at home' in our current situation.
I woke up thinking about your comment on my miracle post that they happen more and more when you notice them. I was thinking 'watch what you wish for.' If there had been no hurricane, if you or your house had never been in danger, even if you'd had a full tank of gas, that wouldn't have been a miracle. It takes things going wrong and getting you to that point of adrenaline overload for the miracle to happen.
And maybe that keeps ramping up because the little things aren't enough to convince us to be calm and welcome the big things. That's why I'm paying fierce attention to the little ones! No big lessons needed, spirit! Ya hear me?
This is a fascinating concept, Tereza. I wonder if it's really person-specific, as in... I've noticed in my own life that the more open I am, the more calm, the more present to every moment, the more I experience what I would consider "miracles:" synchronicities and serendipities. As chaotic as the evacuation was, I was uncharacteristically peaceful within it. I was moving swiftly, for sure, but there was no adrenaline overload here. But maybe that's how miracles work for me?!
I do understand that the lack of hurricane and its concomitant dangers would have cancelled the miracles I witnessed, so there is that... but maybe the little things are training our "miracle muscles," as it were, so that when the big things come -- and we all experience big things at some point in our lives -- we will be strong enough to handle them.
Thanks for this thought-provoking comment, Tereza, as usual!! xox
Yes, you really refined my concept here, Mary. And it's such a tricky thing to tease out. When I look at concepts like the Law of Attraction and Prosperity Consciousness and Positive Thinking, in their simplistic forms, they lend themselves to blaming the victims. 'If you're poor, it's because you're not BELIEVING hard enough.' I've seen Course folks blaming their spouses for 'choosing' their cancer. There's something true but also nuanced there.
So are Tonika's cancer and Michael's death miracles or things that could have been averted with a different spiritual outlook? Here's how I'm thinking about it. The things that happen have to happen, because this is our dream and God can't override our will. But spirit can choreograph the dream.
Someone needed to be the example of how to do cancer right. How to respond with joy and strength and trust--but not in the twisted 'healthcare' system. Maybe in some pre-birth state, Tonika chose to be that model that will change things for thousands of people to come. I certainly couldn't think of anyone better with that trust-fall.
And maybe Michael's lifespan was set before his birth and Margaret made a choice that she would go through the loss in order to have this extraordinary person in her life, with their extraordinary relationship, for the time alloted. An act of courage and trust.
And you, living in the miracle on the daily, chose to almost-move to places now devastated, so you could convey how wrong and unnatural this is. And could have the experience of calm in the midst of evacuation and dwindling gas in the tank and the stations. You've been practicing that trust-fall for a long time.
Veronica tells me that it's the near-misses that still bring on panic, more than anything that actually happened. Things like almost losing a kid or two or three. It's like I feel I used up my share of luck. But it doesn't work that way. And I can't feel like I was blessed without feeling like God is unfair. So 'what if we'd moved to WNC?' is a near-miss that gives you compassion and insight, but being there wasn't the role you've chosen to play.
It's such a brain-bender. Everything that you've posited seems totally plausible; I'm nodding along with you. Ah, there's nothing quite like speculating on the impossible-to-know! In the end, we all believe what serves us best and (hopefully) enjoy batting around these beliefs with one another... xox