Yesterday I was driving from my home in Vermont to Manhattan to meet up with friends for a couple of days in the Big Apple. In case you don’t know, the northeast of Northern America, Canada and the United States are besieged.
There are massive forest fires in Canada and the smoke is blowing south. On Tuesday I woke up and noticed the sky seemed very strange and then finally realized that the haze was smoke from the fires. Fortunately it rained in the evening and I woke up yesterday to clear skyies.
Driving south, the smoke got thicker and thicker. I was amazed when crossing the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan. Usually there’s a lovely view down the river, yesterday I couldn’t see anything. It was just a wall of grey smoke.
Driving down the west side of Manhattan and looking at New Jersey it was extraordinary to see how smoky the air was.
I bring this up because I know what A Course in Miracles teaches about the power of our thoughts and beliefs. In the Fear and Conflict section, we’re told that thought and belief combine into a power that can literally move mountains. And I like to say, “including a mountain of our crap.”
So, let’s move some mountains – or maybe those rain clouds. On behalf of the birds and all the critters who are being affected as well as all of the trees!
It’s been proven that our spiritual practices have an effect in this world. When people meditate, crime rates drop.
So, when things are really intense in the world, fires are raging, wars are waging and people are beset with tornadoes and floods, let’s hold the high watch and not just watch from the sidelines.
Let’s pray and know that Peace is real and it’s NOW.
As I was saying in class recently, God is a now business, so let’s pray to remember that now is where the healing is and not in the future. We can know that the end of the fires is happening now.
Let’s pray to know that rain is happening and bringing relief from the smoke and fire. We’re not asking for rain, we’re simply knowing that rain is now.
Our life is the life of God and our mind is the mind of God. Let’s hold in our mind that all is well. “All is well” is a powerful affirmation. With this affirmation we’re not making things be well, we’re accepting that they are already well and good. Let the illusions of threat and attack dissolve and resolve.
Our main job is to give up looking for problems and instead to see there’s a perfection always present. When we see it and believe it then we’ll begin to see it more in the world.
We bring the Peace.
Peace is where we are.
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