UNGRATEFUL PAST

     Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have learned to live in the moment. This does not mean that we do not make plans or look to the future, but we do keep our head where our hands are and do not allow fear to drive us. If we do the adversary, fear, leads us into morbid reflection. Morbid reflection insidiously pulls us into the past, to negatively rehash, even relive times when we were at our worst, when our lives were at their seemingly lowest ebb. Living this way is akin to having a cut on the arm, then as it begins to heal scratching at it until it bleeds anew. In this way, the wound stays “fresh and alive” indefinitely, then pointing it out, recounting the “story” at every possible occasion to anyone who will listen, and doing it with feeling, building into our consciousness an almost impenetrable barrier to serenity.

     Living on the Spiritual Basis we do not hide from the past or deny it, but we keep the past in proper perspective through the application of spiritual principles, turning a seeming negative into a positive, freeing us from the deadly dance of morbid reflection. Today we can recount even the worst moments from our past, without fear of drifting into morbid reflection, if it will help the new man or woman gain a foothold in this new way of life, for we are living on a different basis, the basis of trusting and relying on God.