Some things in life are assured: taxes, death, corrupt politicians,
less sleep and more bathroom trips after turning 50, at least one new diet a
month that promises: better sex, drop 20 pounds in 20 days with no
exercise, fewer bathroom trips and better sleep, etc. The
newspaper/nightly news will lead with a scary story, Oh, and of course
the Cubs sucking.
The world (man) is always
presenting some new and improved way to solve problems, to address the
issues of living. All that is required is your vote and/or your
money/credit card number and everything will change for the better. In
truth, nothing in the news today is new. Politicians may not technically
belong to the worlds oldest profession (I have my doubts) but if not
they have been plying their trade as long. Additionally there was
a time, and not that long ago, when leeches and blood letting where
central to a patient’s care and most patent medicines would definitely
make you feel better, considering they consisted mostly of alcohol and
some form of opium, and little else.
We are asked
to trust people and institutions, to place our faith in governments and
“learned” experts. Yet the same problems that plagued the ancients still
plague us today: healthcare, jobs, secure borders, taxes, immigration,
elder care, safe and available food, education, road and bridge
maintenance, etc. Studying the history of worldly assurances; both micro
and macro, it becomes apparent that outer assurances have done little
to fundamentally change the world.
What of
spiritual assurances? Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have found the
timeless assurances of spiritual teachers becoming real for us once we
stepped out in faith and wholeheartedly embraced the work. By placing
our trust in the miraculous, turning from the outer to the within
through prayer and meditation, trusting in infinite God rather than our
finite self, we found peace and the ability to meet calamity with
serenity. Our new reliance based on the work done in raising our
consciousness, expanding our conscious contact with God, not the
assurances of others. The promise of eternal life beyond the limitation
of the flesh real, for we are now in the world but no longer of it. Now
if I could just cut down on those bathroom trips in the middle of the
night, maybe if I change my diet...
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