Being merciful toward others is of course laudable,
but what of the mercy we fail to show ourselves? Do you mentally (or worse, out
loud) chastise yourself when a mistake is made or when some negative or
objectionable thought floats through your mind? Showing kindness to others but
failing to show it your own house, your consciousness?
Since we all make mistakes and curious thoughts float
up in everyone’s consciousness we must
put away the mental cat of nine tails we flog ourselves with and demonstrate
mercy in our own house, our consciousness. The Miraculous wants all to be: happy, joyous and free. So,
we stop berating ourselves and seek to raise our consciousness instead.
When we do this, we have the opportunity to learn from
our mistakes; while addressing those curious negative thoughts that seem to
appear from nowhere by turning to God as we have come to know Him in prayer,
asking if there is anything to be learned (sometimes there is, but not always,
often a cloudy day is just a cloudy day) and move on. Under no pretense do we
engage in a mental hunt for the cause of a discordant thought, attempting to
root out the whys of it in our psyche. To do so only opens us to the deadly
trap of reflecting morbidly and in the lexicon of the ancient mapmakers:
there be dragons. If there is something to be known or learned, God will
make it abundantly clear, so ask Him; but don’t go looking for dragons, they
bite.
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