Most discordant, fear based, thinking attacks us head on, the deadliest
however are
the thoughts that creep in, with no
apparent foreshadowing. The ruminating starts out usually innocent enough, but
soon we find ourselves in the grip of a negative contemplation, fear
beginning to churn our stomach. We may never really know what triggers
these seemingly
random negative thoughts, perhaps it is a smell, a taste, a song on the
radio, a blue Volkswagen driving by. In truth the "why" matters little.
What matters is the action we take when
we become aware of discordant or negative thinking, morbid reflection
ascendant. Consider the analogy of the campfire: We are sitting by a
campfire and a burning ember floats up and lands on our sleeve, if we
brush it off immediately no real harm is done. However if we wait a
moment to contemplate it, the shirt is ruined, a welt on our arm to mark
the decision. The metaphysical lesson is simple, we must stay ever
vigilant for those “burning ember”
thoughts and as soon as becoming aware, we turn immediately to God and
ask Him to direct our thinking. The wording of our prayer is of course
optional, but the timing isn’t. So many make the mistake of trying to
figure out why the thought surfaced, not only failing to brush off “the
ember” with Divine help, but nurturing and feeding it fuel by continuing
to try to understand why it surfaced, as if knowing why will do
anything to remove the discomfort and pain their ruminations are
causing. Why is the booby prize. Why only prolongs the pain, intensifies
it, while prayer addresses it, relieves and removes it.
boo·by prize : n
loser’s prize: a prize given as a joke to the person or team coming last in a competition
If a small fire started in your home you wouldn't stand by watching the
fire wondering why it started you would act to put it out. Yet we do
this very thing in the only dwelling that really matters, our
consciousness. When we entertain destructive thoughts, our
serenity and peace of mind burns in the fire of morbid reflection. So
we must stay ever vigilant and at the first sign of an ember, we enlist a Power Greater Than Ourselves to be our fireman.
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