Toasting Marshmallows and Morbid Reflection

Morbid reflection typically creeps into our consciousness with little foreshadowing, truly a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It starts its sneak attack by slipping in on an unbidden negative memory or a future fear. We may never know why these seemingly random negative thoughts surface; perhaps it is a smell, a taste, a song on the radio, a headline, a blue Volkswagen driving by. In truth "why" matters little and is in fact a painful trap. 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 hesitate for a moment to “think” about why it landed on our sleeve, the shirt will have a hole in it, with possibly a welt on our arm to mark this “contemplation of why.”

The metaphysical lesson is simple, we must remain vigilant for those “burning ember” thoughts and when one sneaks in, we turn immediately to the Miraculous in prayer to avoid damage. 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 but even nurturing and feeding it fuel by continuing to focus on the why instead of freedom. 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 our home we wouldn't stand by watching the fire while toasting marshmallows wondering why it started, we would take swift and prudent action to put it out. Yet many do this very thing in the only dwelling which really matters, their consciousness. When we entertain destructive, negative fear-based thoughts, our serenity and peace of mind burns in the fire of morbid reflection. To be free of morbid reflection we must stay ever vigilant and at the first sign of an ember, we enlist a Power Greater Than Ourselves, as we have come to understand it, to extinguish the ember and restore our peace of mind and heart.

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