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Seeing the Invisible
- Outside the trees were swaying, the clouds were racing across the sky and the top of the bird feeder was barely staying attached. It occurred to me that if I didn't know about the force called "wind" I might attempt to explain away all these occurrences as the result of a "mystery" something.
Why, because there was no wind to be seen. No matter how hard I looked I saw nothing that could explain why the trees swayed, clouds raced, or bird feeder tops rattled.
In truth we all know there never is a wind to be seen. Wind is invisible. If somehow wind could walk by without causing anything to move we wouldn't know it was there. The result of its presence and its nature is what we see. On faith we believe it to be something called "wind".
A few days before watching the wind I got up one morning and opened the freezer to get one of the glasses that we keep there so that we can pour soy milk into them and enjoy the frosty result. But, I didn't see any. I realized that they were all sitting in the sink to be washed. This meant that I would have to use a room temperature glass. Del, sitting in the other room, heard me open the freezer and said; " I put a green glass in there for you."
Looking in the freezer again I saw the green glass. It was "invisible" to me the first time because I was only looking for the clear glasses that we normally use. What I needed and wanted had been provided for me, but my "clear glass" viewpoint had hidden it from me.
I realized that I should have started from the perception that since Del was up first he would have obviously noticed that the glasses were not in the freezer. And since it is in his loving nature to make sure there was a glass for me, he would have done so. If I had started my thinking from this viewpoint I would have immediately seen the green glass. But, I didn't.
This is the way it always is - our perception, our viewpoint, our accepted paradigm - tells us what is present even when we don't see it, or hides it from us even when we are staring right at it.
As I watched the wind in the trees I thought about Spirit, Divine Love, Infinite Mind and It's invisibleness. Always present, always invisible, except for the results of It's presence. There is a big difference between wind and Spirit however. We accept the results of wind. We debate, hide from and discount for the most part, the results of Spirit.
Which brings us back to the green glass versus clear glass story. We don't see the results of Spirit, Divine Love or Infinite Mind because we are looking for it the way we "expect" it to be rather than absolutely knowing that because of It's loving nature to provide, what we need must be present now.
In fact we do the exact opposite. We talk about, read about, learn about, discuss, plan, prepare and worry from the point of view that what we need is not here now, and most likely not here in the future either. With this point of view is it possible to see the green glass in our lives? No. Yet we agree that Spirit's nature is to give, give always; give without restraint, prejudice, care, time frame or limit. We just don't constantly live our lives from this viewpoint.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we all practiced even just a few minutes a day to open our perception and look for the results of the infinite invisible Divine Love, Infinite Intelligence of Spirit? Since perception determines the outcome, why not choose to actually think from and live from this infinite viewpoint? Why not separate yourself from the worldview thinking that is full of opinions, philosophies and "how to do its." Instead, shift your perception, and than open the freezer dear Loved One - the glass is ready for you.
Shifting with you,
Beca
Beca Lewis ©2005
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