Not falling for the illlusion

“I feel duty-bound to unearth, enhance and promote the world’s beautiful things, rather than obsess, worry and agitate over the worst of things.”—Nick Cave

It’s a curious thing, being here on this star hurtling through space.

And even more puzzling is that we humans, as we go about our day to day lives, completely overlook the one thing that never changes. We wholly ignore the one thing that can never be extinguished.

And by that I mean the inner peace, the inner light that is the inheritance of each and every one of us.

Instead, we turn our attention to events and situations that change on the daily. Heck, at the speed we’re all moving now, distractions and circumstances change by the hour, like the soup of the moment I once enjoyed at London’s Globe Theatre.

I suppose it makes sense that we would take the inseverable connection for granted, that we would disregard the light and love that resides undisturbed within us because, well, it’s always here, it never wavers.  

Spirituality, rather than being a requirement that good people must pursue, simply means shifting our attention from the always-changing to the reality that never does.

It’s so simple that most of us miss it.

The Course in Miracles, my spiritual go-to, continually asks me for a deep relinquishment of everything that clutters up my mind.

So when I begin obsessing about this little thing or notice a slight edge of anxiety waving at me from the sidelines, I simply ask myself, “What does that really have to do with me?”  

Reality—true reality—knows nothing of those things.

Love is the only thing that can ever really happen.

I wish you all good cheer on this glorious summer Thursday. And a quick return to the peace of mind, the state of love, the only reality that’s well, real.

#222 Forever

Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)