Rev Bob's Blog

 

It occurs to me that we have all been living under an atmosphere of fear. I remember in the nineteen eighties when the idea of creating a life according to what you really love and are passionately drawn to was the prevailing wind for so many of us. Since the world changed with Nine Eleven and the financial adjustment of 2008, there seems to be less hope and a greater sense of the necessity of settling for or accommodating the “reality” of the current situation. Trusting the absolute nature of spiritual law; of cause and effect with cause being consciousness and effect being everything else, is tempered with phrases like, “in the current economy” or “with the world situation like it is.” One could say we are in a crises of faith or of trust in the nature of Life according to the teachings of New Thought to still hold true and real.

 

And yet, there has always been a “world situation” or a “current economy,” through which the Truth of Cause and Effect, One Power, One Universal Field responding to us according to our belief, has continued to hold true. These ideas have proven themselves and brought us through world wars, financial collapses, health epidemics, and more. Holding to the truth that God is all there is and the rest is the result of ignorance has carried us individually and collectively through all of it. Human beings live and continue to live because we believe more in Life than in the apparent challenges to it. We believe more in Peace than turmoil. We believe more in the goodness of people than in the power wrangling of our governments. We believe more in love than apathy.

 

So the quote at the top reminds me to allow myself to continue to be drawn to what I truly love. For when all is said and done, regardless of the economy, world situation, or events of the moment, what we truly love is what really matters. It is what brings personal satisfaction and continues the world on its path to Peace, Love, Joy, and Happiness.