Spirituality Is about Living
Have I not given you enough? The power of the universe is at your command.
How blessed are you? So blessed, that I myself must come to find only you.
How cared for are you? So cared for, that every star, and every stone, and every leaf of every tree I have created for only you.
How fortunate are you? Fortunate enough to be alive.
The Spirit of Reiki
Carolyn Jackson
Can you believe that every leaf of every tree has been created especially for you?
I immediately saw the reality of that statement. I see a tree in the distance. From what I’ve been taught about science, I know that light is reflected off of the leaves. The reflected light enters my eye. My retinae convert the light to signals that are sent to the brain via the optic nerve. I become conscious of a tree in the distance. That image was created for me. It might appear to be different to someone else. There is no way we can tell what is really happening in someone else’s consciousness.
Few people recognize the reality of that paragraph. A patient liked to represent himself in court. He wanted to show me how there are some things that we all can agree on. He pointed to a wall. “What color is that wall?” I told him the wall didn’t have a color. I explained how color is created. His reply was, “Most people would say white.”
Indeed, we must agree on some things. I believe the consciousness that is created for me. While driving, I swerve or brake to avoid hitting someone or something. I have also had the experience of double vision when reality appeared pretty scary.
People who hallucinate see things that are not real. Yet the hallucination seems real to them. Hallucinations can be explained by failure of the body. Drugs or other alterations of body chemistry can make us hallucinate.
What about when we agree with others on what we see but disagree on the interpretation?
That can be explained by our programming. A friend posted a meme on Facebook. I will give you the gist, altered to make it politically neutral.
If someone asks you for facts to back up your statement, don’t bother doing hours of research. It won’t change their minds anyway.
I want to make a couple of points. Many people don’t change their minds based on facts. That is the point that my friend wanted to make by posting the meme. However, if a person makes a statement without first doing research, then the person is among those being criticized. The person just accepted the statement without facts. Going just a little deeper, isn’t that what the person who created the meme was advocating? Don’t look for facts. Just repost the propaganda I give you.
That is much of what is causing our political division. People accept opinion without facts.
I try to research my statements while I write. That is the beauty of writing. I can take my time and make sure I have the facts. This article is a great example. It started from quite a different angle. I looked up a reference for my statement and found I was wrong.
How can we live a better life? Search for truth.
Realize that your consciousness is somehow created for you. What you perceive as reality might not be the same as someone else’s. Science still cannot explain how consciousness is created. As spirit, you can question your reality and compare to others. We can share our experiences.
You might find something really weird happens. You might find that as you change what you are looking at also changes. Become more giving and loving. Be grateful. Be kind. See if that is reflected back to you.