Omnipotent

 Someone, a blog reader, gave me this quote: “I can do anything, but I cannot do everything.”  Ain’t that the truth!  I may have more gifts, or potential that you think, or I think, but I am not omnipotent.  I do not qualify as a god.  Me as god does not exist.  I can get my ducks in a row for the day, but I have a limited number of ducks.  I may be able to do something, but just not today.  Too busy does not allow for meditation or time for self.  We are not selfish if we cannot do everything.  We are delusional if we think we can.  Give yourself a break.  Everyone else will be better for it too.  

The Reservoir

 False pride is a reservoir that holds lots of our shortcomings and defects of character.  Meditation is the flood gate that releases enough of this stuff so that it does not overflow into action which hurts oneself and others.  Ego-centricity, self-centeredness, whining, resentments at not getting our wants met, all can do great damage to others.  Meditation seems to shine enough light on this, or at least a power/energy releases the acting out energy of this mess, so it doesn’t overflow into action which hurts oneself and others.  The bad stuff is cunning.  It hides out underwater, until it does not.  So don’t wait until you need to make amends for the damage you did.  Meditate each day.  

Smarty Pants

 The more one talks, the less the words are necessary.  I have found this to be true in situations where someone is sharing what they think is their wisdom or experience, covering up their ego-centeredness with “wisdom words.”  Ego disguised as wisdom always talks longer than is necessary.  The point is made early on, but the words keep coming.  The good thing about this is that it reminds me that I can use fewer words to get to my point.  Should I even have a point.  Silence out of fear is not a good thing.  Balance.

Hydrate

We come from water if you view the early wisdom of humans when the Bible Genesis story was first told.  There is no rain, and the earth is dry.  Then there comes a stream welling up out of the earth.  It waters the earth. And so now we have clay that can be molded and held together.  The Creator makes us out of this clay.  So we originate with water.  Hydrate, and not with alcohol which just dries one out.  And mediate.  Why?  Well, first comes the wet clay.  Then the breath of life is blown into us.  Drink water and meditate to let your original breath pace take over.  You will more likely have less stress, fear, anxiety and other bad things that come with not enough water and not enough spiritual practice.   

Water Ad Spirit

 If you look at Genesis Creation story you can see some real wisdom of humans a long time ago before all the modern science and development.  In the Garden of Eden there is a tree of life.  That is, life comes from a tree.  If you want life to continue then you have to have trees.  Cut down all the trees and you won’t have life.  Science says pretty much the same thing today.  We are all of a single piece.  Trees are part of our life breath.  As for breath, this comes from Spirit, or in Genesis, from the creator.  So meditation is when we focus on slowing down our breath to a more original, “normal” pace, instead of the hyperventilation of fear and anxiety of modern busy life.  So meditate and don’t cut down all the trees.  And things will go better for us all.  

Recovery

 I have heard the phrase, “When in doubt, do without.”  If you are addicted to something, it is best to stay away from anything that has even a wee bit of the ingredient.  If you have doubts, do without.  I try to do this with exercise.  If it does not feel right, then I stop, postpone, rest…that is anything but bull-head my way through a pain.  A day away is not going to end my life.  I won’t go to surgery because I rested too much.  

A Sign

 The possible sign that your life has become unmanageable is when you tell yourself, “the next time it will be different.”  The next time is not different, but rather worse.  Someone who runs and has an injury that requires rest and rehab, says to themself, in denial, tomorrow it won’t be so bad.  Tomorrow it is worse and the injury becomes more difficult to heal.  Alcoholics know this pattern when it comes to their drinking.  They deny there is a problem.  The next time it will be better behavior.  But it is not.  Sometimes, we have to reach utter defeat before we will admit that we cannot go on as we have been living.  My running does not get better if I run on an injury.  How do I know?  it gets worse.