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absolutely love this teaching, Religious Science, because it makes such
a great difference in my life. I find it working for me in just
about everything that comes into my experience.
Last week-end I had to drive
to Palm Springs to visit the Corridor. I called the caretaker
prior to leaving Los Angeles and it took about 2 and a half hours to get
there with the holiday traffic. When I met the caretaker he told
me he did not have the keys to the buildings. He had given his set
of keys to the electrician who was going to make copies. It would
have been easy to be irritated with this situation, but instead, I
calmly asked him to call the electrician and ask him if we could pick up
the keys. As it turned out the electrician kindly offered to meet
us at his office which was a few blocks away. As I waited outside
the electrician's office with the caretaker he began complaining about
the weather. It was a typical Palm Springs summer morning... about
105 degrees. The caretaker kept repeating how hot it was, how
humid it was and how miserable he was .... finally
I asked him, "have you ever seen anyone change the weather?"
... and he said, "no.... why?" So
I told him, since we can't change the weather, wouldn't it be a good
idea to change our attitude about it?
Understanding Omnipresence, I decided I would find the "good"
in the situation, knowing that the "good" was available.
The temperature was moving up
... and so I decided a little humor would be the perfect remedy for my
"complaining" companion. As I got up to walk around a
bit, I looked into a store window and there was a tee-shirt on display
with a statement printed on it .....
it read, "I got a dog for my husband. - It
was a good trade." This
immediately hit me as hilarious and I couldn't help but laugh (I know I
am going to get some criticism on this one). The 2nd line on the
tee-shirt took a simple statement and added humor to it. The
caretaker, however, did not see the humor in it at all ... he had
already made himself so miserable that he was beyond humor.
The story above is a great
example of what occurs in so many of our lives when we find ourselves in
an experience that challenges us. We become so miserable that we
cannot transcend the misery. Dr.
O. C. used to say that we become too serious, "as serious as bad
breath," he would say. And we do. Most of us
"let" the problem take control and we become
"controlled" by it. But
there is no necessity for this and it does not benefit us in any way.
As we recognize Omnipresence, EVERYTHING we see
and hear, can be understood in a different way. It Is All
God ... All Good.... the Master Mind Jesus stated that we are not to
judge ... but if we do, judge with righteous (right) judgment. In
other words, judge from the understanding that It's All Good .... God
loves us with an ever-lasting love ... it rains on the good and the bad
alike. As we look at what we hear and see differently ... with
spiritual understanding ... most of what we hear and see is fairly
humorous. As we develop our consciousness, we will definitely
realize more joy and happiness in our experiences.
Consciousness is the measure of Omnipresence, Omnipotence and
Omniscience, that we allow ourselves to behold - it's All God! ....
"let God use us in His Own Good Way?" .. let's surrender the
"serious to God" knowing that as we relax and let in the humor
... we will see more and more Good .... all the time.
Dr.
Ernest Holmes was asked, "if God Is All and lacks nothing, then why
did he create the world that we see?" Ernest Holmes said,
"I believe God created the world to have a good time." I
believe this as well. Beginning right now, this moment, let's Lighten-Up
and Live!
And
So It Is!
Living
The Way To A Wonderful Life,
Henry
Lee Bates
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