Changes

Today’s weather is testament to the fact that spring does come, will come, to be followed by the fullness of summer.  And so it is in your lives, and so it is with this planet.  Times of hardship, of doubt, of struggle and difficulty are necessary, as are the snows that provide the reservoirs, the frozen water, to be released at the proper time.  And while difficulties and struggle are necessary, they are by no means the sum total of experience.  One’s life, one’s experience of life, is much more influenced by the decisions one makes in response to the stimuli than the stimuli itself. Stimuli and struggle are experienced much more negatively when one tries to avoid some aspect of the experience, when one listens to the fear of the ego voice rather than grasping hands with your best friend, your Mystery Monitor.

Today’s weather is testament to the fact that spring does come, will come, to be followed by the fullness of summer.  And so it is in your lives, and so it is with this planet.  Times of hardship, of doubt, of struggle and difficulty are necessary, as are the snows that provide the reservoirs, the frozen water, to be released at the proper time.  And while difficulties and struggle are necessary, they are by no means the sum total of experience.  One’s life, one’s experience of life, is much more influenced by the decisions one makes in response to the stimuli than the stimuli itself. Stimuli and struggle are experienced much more negatively when one tries to avoid some aspect of the experience, when one listens to the fear of the ego voice rather than grasping hands with your best friend, your Mystery Monitor.

   

   

So, my point is, that it is not in fact the struggles—that are a necessary part of life—that determines your experience of life.  It is your response to these struggles, whether you shrink from them in fear and despair, a sense of victim-ness, and so forth, or whether you embrace them as an opportunity to test the metal of your partnership with your best friend, your Mystery Monitor.  

So, my point is, that it is not in fact the struggles—that are a necessary part of life—that determines your experience of life.  It is your response to these struggles, whether you shrink from them in fear and despair, a sense of victim-ness, and so forth, or whether you embrace them as an opportunity to test the mettle of your partnership with your best friend, your Mystery Monitor.  

   

   

Now, this planet’s history has produced a culture of victimhood arising out of the reality of the facts of post rebellion living.  But you need not accept that mantel.  You have the knowledge, you have the inner resources, you have the loving help of a multitude of personalities to choose a different response: to beat your chest, to smile into the wind, to embrace the moment—not to express the physical strength of conquest, no! but the power of love, the power of faith, the power of the certainty to be found in your relationship with God the Father, God the Mother, God the Actor, demonstrated and known in the reality of the Indwelling Fragment and the encircuiting of the Spirit of Truth and the Holy Spirit.  

Now, this planet’s history has produced a culture of victimhood arising out of the reality of the facts of post rebellion living.  But you need not accept that mantel.  You have the knowledge, you have the inner resources, you have the loving help of a multitude of personalities to choose a different response: to beat your chest, to smile into the wind, to embrace the moment—not to express the physical strength of conquest, no! but the power of love, the power of faith, the power of the certainty to be found in your relationship with God the Father, God the Mother, God the Actor, demonstrated and known in the reality of the Indwelling Fragment and the encircuiting of the Spirit of Truth and the Holy Spirit.  

   

   

Are there comments, questions or any other way that I can interact with you on this beautiful afternoon?

Are there comments, questions or any other way that I can interact with you on this beautiful afternoon?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Student #1.      Daniel, thank you for your comments.  I heard very well that you can live your life with joy in spite of, and it reminded me of a sermon I accidently turned on from Notre Dame Cathedral and the messenger was saying that this is the day the Lord has made and that the contrast is either happiness or sadness, but always this is the day that the Lord has made.  Rejoice and be glad in it.  And that has been a terrific message for me, not that I’m living it, but no matter what comes into our life, this is the day the Lord has made.  Rejoice and be glad in it.

Student #1.      Daniel, thank you for your comments.  I heard very well that you can live your life with joy in spite of, and it reminded me of a sermon I accidently turned on from Notre Dame Cathedral and the messenger was saying that this is the day the Lord has made and that the contrast is either happiness or sadness, but always this is the day that the Lord has made.  Rejoice and be glad in it.  And that has been a terrific message for me, not that I’m living it, but no matter what comes into our life, this is the day the Lord has made.  Rejoice and be glad in it.