Night-Blooming Cereus
Photo by Don Matt
“Restraint is a very good partner to indulgence.” Hearing Nigella Lawson say this on The Great British Baking Show struck a chord deep within, as my tendency to overindulge is legendary in some circles. Not only with hedonistic pursuits, but when beginning a serious study of divine metaphysics in the 1990s, it was an all-encompassing lifestyle change. This was necessary to fill the gaps left by less-than-stellar practices which had come before. After children were grown, opening of an art gallery in our small tourist town offered an outlet for living the Love which was being realized in daily living. Everything was centered around promoting and growing that beautiful business, and it would still be in operation had life’s circumstances not stepped in. But back to the original quote from a great chef — restraint and indulgence are a beautiful pairing. I appreciate this wonderful baker who doesn’t need to eat everything she creates!
“Indirect proof of truth is needed in a world made of denial and without direction. You will perceive the need for this if you realize that to deny is the decision not to know. The logic of the world must therefore lead to nothing, for its goal is nothing. If you decide to have and give and be nothing except a dream, you must direct your thoughts unto oblivion. And if you have and give and are everything, and all this has been denied, your thought system is closed off and wholly separated from the truth. This is an insane world, and do not underestimate the extent of its insanity. There is no area of your perception that it has not touched, and your dream is sacred to you. That is why God placed the Holy Spirit in you, where you placed the dream.”
—A Course in Miracles T-14.I.2:1-8
“Let the slave of wrong desire learn the lessons of Christian Science, and he will get the better of that desire, and ascend a degree in the scale of health, happiness, and existence.”
—Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 407:17-20
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