Tuesday, October 21, 2014

What's True of Helen



I have been thinking about Helen who’s 97 years old; she just fell out of bed and broke her leg.  She’s in a lot of pain and her family is not here. I was thinking about the courage that she must be having to find within herself because it’s really just between her and God right now.

What’s true of Helen at 97 in a nursing home, alone and without family, is true of everyone in this room. It is between you and God; it is between her and God. She is in the same place that we all are in. The Kingdom of Heaven is within us. This life is an inner journey. We have the chance to learn how to connect to the Divine. Each of those trials, tribulations and challenges, gives us an opportunity to journey deeply within. The divine door is within, and it is always available for us to open. You can open it once in a while, or you can keep it open all the time.

We have the gift of practice and prayer until we take our last breath; it is a gift of remembrance, and we are given many, many opportunities to remember all our lives long. If you bring the consciousness of forgiveness, love, and hope into all things, absolutely at all times and under all circumstances, you will realize healing, no matter what. You cannot avoid the circumstances of life; you cannot avoid the challenges that come to you personally. Healing does not mean you do not break your leg. Healing does not mean you do not die or get old. Healing is a state of mind and heart. That state of consciousness has nothing to do with the burdens of the flesh. Higher consciousness can be held in the most incredible circumstances and predicaments.

We remember God by becoming the lover, the giver, the one who understands, and the one who holds the light and gives it freely.  This is a key, a beautiful, beautiful golden key that creates the Cycle of Grace.  It brings back to you tenfold what it is that you impart to the world. 
(February 18, 2007)

Maresha's next blog will be published November 4, 2014.


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