"Love is seeing God
in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us."
~Sri Sri Ravi Shankar~
I went to visit a long-time childhood friend…. We weren’t
actually “playmates” when we were young, but we are connected by other friends
and so it feels like we have known each other since birth… we were talking and
talking and talking… (we’re good at that..lol) and she said, “I don’t believe
in God, you know” … I replied, “that’s funny because I see God in you” … “well, I do
believe in a higher power” … “yeah, okay girlie, call it whatever you want… you
are love… and someone who has that much love and light radiating from their
eyes and smile is filled with a higher being…” …….. she put her head
down slightly and smiled at me.... “okay.”
….. I call Him God… that is my belief… and because God is LOVE to me.....
I believe that I can see the
Divinity in all those who so freely show it to me… maybe it's because I desire to see it...... and I try to get a glimpse
at those who do not, as well because I know it's there... Believing that we are all connected in this
universe by something greater is sometimes difficult for us to comprehend and
absorb and incorporate into our lives, and then, it’s even more difficult to
truly LIVE that belief…. To live in such a way that we are aware of our
surroundings and the people in our surroundings and how everything we do and
say affects another is probably one of the greatest every day challenges we
have…
I went on a date with my middle son on Sunday night to see
“Winter’s Tale” … I initially wanted to see it because I thought it was a sappy
love story…. Well, it was a love story, but not that kind really…. It was a
spiritual story of love… a message in our universal connection… a story about
good and evil and how everyone, yes, everyone that we come in contact with in
our lives, even if we just brush shoulders on a crowded street with them,
connects us to the universe... course, I believe that the reason we come in
contact with that person is because it is as God has written… these contacts do
not have to be physical however and we all know that because of the cyber
phenomenon of being able to connect virtually with people all over the world
and feel as though we know them personally…
Anyway, back to the movie… the message that I received from
it was simple…. We are one another’s miracles …. We will meet people in our
lives that will be “our miracle” …. And we will be someone else’s “miracle”…
recognizing this is yet another challenge we face… even in the film, they all
misinterpreted the “signs” they were given…
and while evil lived content with himself thinking that he had stopped
the miracle from occurring.. good was
still alive roaming the streets for years without any recollection of who he
was or where he came from, until, he met his true "miracle" … (I don’t want to give
too many details and spoil it for you if you plan on seeing it) … but it was a
story of unselfish love… true love…
The feeling of “miracle” people is easily equated to when
you feel as though someone is your “angel”… and we actually do get that feeling… or a
least I do… about certain people in my life… this is an underlying theme in
many movies actually… for example, this little dialogue from “A Walk to Remember”
“Jamie: You know what I figured out today?
Landon: What?Jamie: Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I
had for myself. Like this journey never ends. Like you were sent to me because
I'm sick. To help me through all this. You're my angel.”
Aha! (that’s
it!!) … the “Aha” moment…… not at all difficult to comprehend now… even I am subconsciously
running down the list of all the people I know for sure I can call “angels” in
my life… I can see their smiling faces as I type.. (you know, those slideshows
that just pass in front of your eyes without you thinking about it)…. And I am really
smiling now…. I have a lot of “angels” and so many more to meet I am certain…
We all have so
many of those stories… maybe we just take it for granted because it may happen
to us often… that people seem to just appear all the time to kind of “rescue”
us and so we don’t take notice really… My brother was my friend’s “miracle” to
perform when we were in college… they were at a club on South Beach and were
drinking and dancing… she noticed that he went into the bathroom with his
friends and that all of his friends came out except him… and she waited… and
waited.. until finally she went into the men’s room and found him sitting on
the floor… she carried him out, and I mean CARRIED him out and put him in the
car and drove him home… years later, my friend and I meet again and she tells
me the story.. I call my brother and say, “Wow, she was your angel… I am so happy
that she was there with you.” he responded,
“Who?” …… there was silence…. I said, “you didn’t know who???” …. “no, never…
give me her number so I can thank her now.” …. He was her “miracle” to perform …
She was his “angel” …
And so now, back
to my friend.. the one who believes in a higher power, yeah… she carries my
heart… when she hugs me, I feel her angel wings wrapped around me… I believe in
miracles… wouldn’t it be fabulous if we all took the time to use our insights
to see God in the person next to us? That person just might be your “miracle” ….
Believe in the connection
that we all have as brothers and sisters… we are cherished blessings to the
world and we are here for one another… we are all “miracles”…
With that said…..
May you be able to see the “miracle” in every person on your journey through
life… May you allow every person to see the Divinity within you because you
might be their “miracle” … May you be open to receive all that is yours in your
Divine Right… May you be able to meditate and pray and see God within you…. And
may you be blessed with all things miraculous always…
Thank you for
being earthly angels… Namaste….
With love,
Elena
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