How You Look At It

photo credit: Aaron Springston

It’s been said that everyone sees a rainbow differently, according to where they are when they view it. Isn't that a perfect metaphor for everything from politics to the clothes we put on our bodies? Where I am, in thought, is how I will perceive something. Things which I may think of as being for the good of everyone, someone else may see as the downfall of society. It's just a matter of how you look at it. A line from a movie comes to mind in which an octogenarian tells her family that life is like a roller coaster ride: some people think it's frightening and stressful; others see it as fun and exciting. It’s often difficult to see beauty in the moment, when everything seems wrong. The myriad of spiritual disciplines have reasons for these times in our lives. It seems many of these beliefs cause more pain than healing. I find myself returning time and again to two of the 4 Agreements: don’t take anything personally, and don’t make assumptions. I find it easier to see what’s really happening when I remember this.

“The human mind will sometime rise above all material and physical sense, exchanging it for spiritual perception, and exchanging human concepts for the divine consciousness. Then man will recognize his God-given dominion and being." Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 531