Herb and Jennifer in WKRP in Cincinnati
Recently, I told a friend about a scene I remembered from a decades-old sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati. The beautiful character played by Lonnie Anderson was stuck in an elevator with the boorish character named Herb. There was a fire in the building and Herb was certain they were going to die. Jennifer, played by Lonnie Anderson, said to him, “Everything will be all right.” Herb told her she couldn’t possibly know that. Lonnie Anderson said yes, she did, because nothing bad ever happened to her! I told my friend that when I heard that, I realized that was the attitude I wanted for myself. And now I realize I have it! No matter what happens, I do not label it as good or bad; I look at it for what it is. This putting aside of judgment and preconceived notions doesn’t happen overnight. And many times, I forget and fall into old thought patterns. I used to see things as bad and want to turn them into good. I might’ve seen good and wanted it to be bad! But whatever the case, it is such a relief to see things as they are, without putting my interpretations on them.
“Communication ends separation. Attack promotes it. The body is beautiful or ugly, peaceful or savage, helpful or harmful, according to the use to which it is put. And in the body of another you will see the use to which you have put yours. If the body becomes a means you give to the Holy Spirit to use on behalf of union of the Sonship, you will not see anything physical except as what it is. Use it for truth and you will see it truly. Misuse it and you will misunderstand it, because you have already done so by misusing it. Interpret anything apart from the Holy Spirit and you will mistrust it. This will lead you to hatred and attack and loss of peace.”
A Course in Miracles T-8.VII.4:1-9
“The world of error is ignorant of the world of Truth, — blind to the reality of man’s existence, — for the world of sensation is not cognizant of life in Soul, not in body.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health 13:29-32
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