So…..this question…’what’s the matter?’….I find myself asking it a lot….sometimes of myself…often with others who I sense seem unsettled.
Today I was thinking about why I ask that. I know it’s because the compassion I hold for all nudges me to tune into someone’s needs. But the focus of the answer to that question seems a bit contradictory to what I strive to emphasize for my own/anyone’s journey–ie: ongoing harmony, perpetual peace, innate joy–the nuggets of substance we each strive to mentally defend our right to live moment to moment.
Asking myself or anyone ‘What’s the matter?” invites a focus on the muck, the impositions in thought that try to rob us of our peace, the black cloud stuff, the stuff that makes our stomachs squirm. And so I asked myself quite honestly, why do I want to be ‘talking up’ or focusing on the muck?
Do I / do any of us have to diagnose the muck in order to heal it?
And better still, if I sense someone churning on muck, do I need to invite them to tell me what’s up, or can I, should I wait for them to bring it up–if at all?
And further, if I do sense someone is feeling angst on any level, is that view the one I want to cling to of them?
Or can I right in that moment of sensing their bewilderment defend their inherent substance, their immediate freedom from pain, their right now ability to hear the nudges of truth?
I’m finding this line of questioning a really grounding one.
In fact, I know my preference is to strive to see all, right now, as immediate reflections of the divine Mind. And this means that right now, everyone, no matter what the muck they may be churning on, is enveloped in peace, has the consciousness of feeling loved, whole, complete, and is fully and finally free from all muck that hints otherwise.
This is a bold stance to maintain. Yet it is the truth. No one’s true disposition is neglected, diseased, abused, victimized, or fallen in any way shape or form. I know that in my defense of this truth for all, it is the deepest way to support and ‘friend’ someone. And more, maintaining this view of anyone is to me the greatest way I can offer my support, my friendship, my affection, my love.
When I think about the people who’ve had the greatest impact on my life, I see them as steady rocks of living peace…to the greatest ability they have. I don’t see them as busy bodies honing in on my momentary negatives and asking ‘what’s wrong?”
And yet I always knew they were there to lean on.
In Truth, there is no matter, nothing ‘the matter,’ nothing to matter, nothing that should cause feathers ruffled, anger, frustration, jealousy or fear.
If you find yourself asking yourself ‘what’s wrong? what’s the matter?’ it may be really helpful to just pause….and instead of answering that question, ask this one:
How is the divine Mind seeing this moment? this circumstance? this situation? and deeper still ask, “Right now, what would Love do? What is the highest way I can love right now?”
I’m finding it really helpful to focus that way.
And while it doesn’t immediately solve the ‘matter’ or the issue of concern, it puts it in focus and allows my thoughts to dwell on the stuff that does matter. The truth of a ongoing law of perpetual harmony that is rooting out and destroying all evil…whether that evil is perceived as negligence, disregard, unkindness, jealousy or fear.
Think about it: how might your perspective change if instead of thinking ‘what’s wrong?” or ‘what’s the matter?’ you defend how the truths of Spirit are embracing you right this moment, molding your hours and days, and ensuring your care, comfort, and peace?
Try it.
And come back and leave a comment about how shifting your perspective makes a difference.
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