I feel blessed to have two of my very dearest friends visiting me at my home in Vermont. Last night we went out to dinner and while we were out yet another deluge of a rainstorm was happening. When we got home the power was out.
Fortunately, as a spiritual person I have a LOT of candles, and as someone who likes to go camping, I have rechargeable flashlights and lamps, etc. so we were covered on that front. After a couple of hours the power still wasn’t on and I decided to just wait until this morning to take care of my Daily Shot of Spiritual Espresso that this blog is.
Now, there’s absolutely nothing remarkable about the power outage or my response to it. There was no worry or fear. I spoke to my landlord to see if he had power at his house, which he did. We agreed that if the power was out for a while longer he’d come over and start the generator so that we wouldn’t lose what’s in the freezer and fridge.
My guests were fine, they went to bed. As I was saying good night to them I opened the back door to let Bodhi, my dog, in and Sattva, my kitty, ran out. I tried to catch him, but he ran off. Ugh. I’d have to get him back in before bed.
I meditate and pray at night, and have a number of things I do that take time before bed. I felt tired and ready for bed. A lot had occurred that day. My mind was ready to rest.
I went to bed and awoke when the power came back on. I got up and turned off the lights that had been left on and went back to sleep.
In the morning, I woke up early and turned over to see if I could catch another hour’s sleep. I wondered where Sattva was. He’s usually on my bed … oh, no! I forgot about him! I left him outside all night!
I went downstairs, opened the door, called and he came. He was fine. He didn’t seem annoyed. I held him for a good cuddle and then he ate a bit and we went upstairs and cuddled as I petted him for a good long while.
I thought of all the nights when he wouldn’t come in when I called and called and I got annoyed with him for keeping me up because I didn’t want to leave him out and go to bed.
What’s great is, I didn’t feel guilty.
And that’s why I’m making a point of sharing this. I didn’t feel bad. I’m not a bad mom. He was fine and he can always hide in the garage next door if he needs a safe place to sleep. He loves to be out at night. And it’s summer. Maybe, if anything, now, when he does escape at night he’ll come sooner when I call.
The guiltless mind cannot suffer. I feel this more clearly with every passing day and I’m so grateful.
Had I felt guilty I would have offered it up to the Higher Holy Spirit Self for healing.
I would have had a healing and I would have been grateful for that. It would have ended up bringing all beings benefit because any healing I have is something I share with all.
This is living in the win-win. If I don’t feel guilty it’s a win because I stay in the flow of Love. If I do feel guilty then I can have a healing that benefits all. This is how we become the happy learner that A Course in Miracles tells us about.
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