When you don’t get things that you want, many people will
tell you “Everything is in divine order,” which loosely translates into believing
there is a reason, a good reason, a beautiful reason for everything–baser
consciousness cannot yet behold why it’s just perfect that you’re in how shall
we say it—HELL—and struggling– while someone else nabs their dream job, spouse,
and home along the sunniest coast, and, yes, bless their hearts, sing!. I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I’m
in pain, it’s hard to see perfection in your own life.
I say this, that would be the point of having a spiritual
practice or faith.
Spirituality is all about holding a perspective that it’s
hard for your ordinary mind to see. That’s
why it’s an extraordinary path.
The startling work of faith is about holding the door open
for possibility. It takes strength to
hold to your convictions more than your moods.
It takes wisdom to know that there are possibilities that exist beyond
the limits of your own thinking. You may
think you’re being “realistic,” - denying yourself possibilities. Really, you’re just resigned. Life will punish you with the limitations you
believe in.
Despite your own times of frustration and feeling stuck,
here’s why you believe that everything happens in its own right time, and its
own right way. You believe it because you
have witnessed it. You have been awed, humbled, gratified, and shaken to your core. Before there was awe, there was simply self-interest.
Yes, I’ve taught writing down the bones, the artists way,
pencil dancing , word painting, success principles and so many more great books
, so I’m prone to believe in the crazy brilliant workings of Spirit, that Mad
Artist of Energy and Attraction. I am a logical
girl. I am not here to argue if the
angels exist or if this life exists or if this is all illusion. I don’t care.
I just know that believing my life has some kind of meaning, purpose,
and promising trajectory gets me better results than not believing it’s true. Even when you’re negative or detached, you’re
always taking some kind of stance. I
choose to take the stance that sets me free.
Cynics think that spirituality is a crutch- they’re right. It is a crutch. It’s something to lean on when you’re
flopping and hobbled and too weak to walk on your own two feet. Yes, of course, I could lay there on the
floor and assert my independence from a belief in ease, love, and benevolence. Call me morally lazy, but I’d rather walk forward
in my life and accomplish things. Spirituality
gives me the capacity to act. I take
actions because I trust. I don’t take
actions when I don’t trust. There you
have it.
That’s why I don’t see believing in a Loving Universe as
glossy, power-to-the-pink- simple-minded idealism. I see it as time-tested pragmatism. I’m not
interested in fortifying my cowardice, discomfort, and anger as much as I’m
interested in healing them. I want
results in my lifetime.
I can learn to stop my own head with beliefs like “it’s not
fair” or “I never get the good stuff.” I
can learn to be willing to believe in perfection in my life, and see how that
stance of self-forgiveness, self-acceptance, and self-advocacy sets me free. It doesn’t mean I’ll stay in the present
circumstances. It means I’ll stop feeling
the way I do about those circumstances.
Then and only then, I
might have the dignity and capacity to change them.
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