HOW DO YOU FEEL?

“The most important decision you will ever make is whether you live in a friendly or hostile universe” Einstein. “Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate” (A.A. pg 62)
Think of a flowchart. At the top is a box connected to a descending cascade of boxes. The flowchart of feelings has two boxes at the top. Fear and love. All other feelings flow from these. In answering Einstein’s question you decide which box holds sway in your life. A hostile universe is dominated by fear and we react accordingly. The same is true of a friendly universe where love dominates. In a hostile universe we are always at odds with the world about us. Spending our time and attention watching our back, doing onto others before than can do it to us, believing that if we don’t do it, it won’t get done or done right, trusting in nothing but our finite selves. The nightly news affirming our belief in man’s inhumanity, that if there is a God he is a pitiless task master, treating us in much the same way a cruel child with a magnifying glass treats an ant pile. This existence chaotic, baffling and painful, the moments of peace and joy only there to exacerbate the pain. Conversely in a friendly universe the problems and difficulties that come into our lives are opportunities to demonstrate God’s omnipotence and love. Nothing can truly touch us but the hand of God, all pain and suffering signposts, touchstones of spiritual growth, where we decide what path to follow. In a friendly universe we know we are not this body, we are spiritual entities experiencing the human condition, not human beings in search of spirituality, for everything is spiritual, all connected. In a friendly universe, Living on the Spiritual Basis places us in the position to: “ …to comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.” “Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves” (A.A. pg 83,84). Friendly or hostile? The choice is yours, and if you find yourself in a hostile universe, you can leave at anytime, for in a friendly universe "the Realm of the Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe to all...(A.A. pg 46).