Concerns

Do you have some concerns today? I would be willing to bet that you do. What do you do with them? Most of us worry in some way. We think that we are actually in control of all the the circumstances in our lives. When we do this we actually disconnect ourselves from God and let our ego (edge God out) take over, with all of its wants and desires. Disconnected for me means that we forget that we are completely taken care of by our Creator. Our Creator would not set us on this earth and then just let us try to make it ourselves. Our Creator reminds us of this:

"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met."

Matthew 6:30-33

We are so afraid that we will miss out on something, that we actually miss out on something. We get so concerned about the cares of this life and how much we need to have or acumulate that we miss our life in God. We work so hard on searching for our purpose that we miss our purpose. Our only job in this life is to live a God realized life. If we do that and steep ourselves in God reality and allow God to have the initiative, and let God give the provisions - our purpose will actually chase after us.

There is a story of a young cat who went to cat happiness school. After he finished he was walking in an alley chasing his tail. An older and wiser alley cat saw him and asked him what he was doing. He told him that he had just finished happiness school and was taught that happiness was located in his tail and if he could just catch it he would find happiness. The older wiser cat said that he had never been to school, but he knew that happiness was located in his tail. However he found that if he just did the things he needed to do everyday and trusted that happiness followed him wherever he went. The implications are obvious in this silly story. We need to just trust God and ourselves, steep ourselves in God and live like God - with as much kindness, caring, love, beauty, receptivity, forgiveness - as we can. When we do this, when this becomes our focus, our purpose and happiness will chase after us. So today do not worry about your concern. Focus on living in peace and kindness with all. Be connected to God and watch what happens as your purpose reveals itself and chases you, rather than you chasing it.

Namaste'