Taken from CwG Weekly Bulletin #78: God, Joy, Life, You
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In a startling statement of utter, two-word simplicity, God gave us the
formula to end all wars, heal all wounds, and eliminate all
dysfunction, pain and emotional suffering from the human experience. The words
"there's enough" sum up a wisdom so vast, and a truth so magnificent, that
it has not heretofore been possible for the world's people to wholly
embrace it.
Whether we embrace it or not, however, it is the truth. And for those
of us who HAVE embraced it, our lives have changed forever.
"There's enough" is the second of a trio of one-sentence statements
which God tells us sums up the central message of his conversation with us
as given in the CwG trilogy. Those three statements are found in the
closing paragraphs of the last chapter of the final installment of the
Trilogy.
But what does it mean, "there's enough"? And can it be literally true?
Yes, it can. And it is.
God has created a world with sufficient supply for all. There is no
lack of anything in God's Universe. There are moments when it may SEEM as
if something is in short supply, yet in those moments we are advised to
"judge not by appearances." As a practical matter, what does this say
to us?
To me it says that all things in the world of Appearances are relative.
We live in a relative Universe. Relative to something, we may not have
"enough." Relative to something else, we may have more than enough.
In CwG God tells us that if we would but husband our resources, we
would find out very quickly that there is more than enough of everything we
need on this planet to live joyous, peaceful, productive and fulfilling
lives. As an example, God tells us that there is no need for anyone to
be starving on this planet. There is enough food for everyone. All we
have to do is share.
The same is true of every good thing. Love. Money. Shelter. Sex.
Compassion. Name a thing. Name any of the Good Things in Life. God says there
is more than enough of it for everyone. All we have to do is share.
It's the sharing that's been the tough part. And what's made it tough,
what's made it difficult for so many people to easily and openly share,
is the very thought that there is not enough. This thought is killing
us. I'm sorry to say that I mean that quite literally. We are literally
being killed as a result of this thought. Some beings are dying of
starvation (perhaps several hundred people since you began reading this),
and some are killed outright by others in acts of war.
All wars are based in the thought that there is not enough. There is
not enough food, there is not enough land, there is not enough oil, there
is not enough belief in our way of thinking - there is not enough of
SOMETHING, and we are trying to rectify it by killing another.
What would happen if we all chose tomorrow morning to begin living a
life in which we believed that there was "enough"? Miracles would occur.
Perceptions would shift. Decisions would change. Lives would be altered
forever.
Misery would be a thing of the past, because misery is created by our
choice to withhold something from another. Maybe we are withholding our
truth, maybe we are withholding our money, maybe we are withholding our
permission, maybe we are withholding our resources - maybe we are
simply and tragically withholding the full wonder of our magnificent selves
from each other. But something is being withheld. When everything is
being released, when everything is being let go, when everything is
shared openly and given freely, only joy can result.
Joy for all, not just joy for the few.
If you thought there was enough - enough of all the things which you
imagine you need to make your life happy - what decisions and choices
would you make differently tomorrow? If you thought there was "more where
that came from," would you share more freely of your money? How about
your time? What about your love? And if you thought there was enough
love for everybody, and that the human heart only grows larger the more it
is allowed to express, would you ever seek or desire to restrict or
limit another?
Be careful with these questions. They could change your life.
Think about this. Think about how your own thoughts about there not
being "enough" of something have colored your decisions and choices - and
your expectations of others.
___________________________________
Great wisdom.
(I wonder if this is the correct forum for this thread)
____________________________________
In a startling statement of utter, two-word simplicity, God gave us the
formula to end all wars, heal all wounds, and eliminate all
dysfunction, pain and emotional suffering from the human experience. The words
"there's enough" sum up a wisdom so vast, and a truth so magnificent, that
it has not heretofore been possible for the world's people to wholly
embrace it.
Whether we embrace it or not, however, it is the truth. And for those
of us who HAVE embraced it, our lives have changed forever.
"There's enough" is the second of a trio of one-sentence statements
which God tells us sums up the central message of his conversation with us
as given in the CwG trilogy. Those three statements are found in the
closing paragraphs of the last chapter of the final installment of the
Trilogy.
But what does it mean, "there's enough"? And can it be literally true?
Yes, it can. And it is.
God has created a world with sufficient supply for all. There is no
lack of anything in God's Universe. There are moments when it may SEEM as
if something is in short supply, yet in those moments we are advised to
"judge not by appearances." As a practical matter, what does this say
to us?
To me it says that all things in the world of Appearances are relative.
We live in a relative Universe. Relative to something, we may not have
"enough." Relative to something else, we may have more than enough.
In CwG God tells us that if we would but husband our resources, we
would find out very quickly that there is more than enough of everything we
need on this planet to live joyous, peaceful, productive and fulfilling
lives. As an example, God tells us that there is no need for anyone to
be starving on this planet. There is enough food for everyone. All we
have to do is share.
The same is true of every good thing. Love. Money. Shelter. Sex.
Compassion. Name a thing. Name any of the Good Things in Life. God says there
is more than enough of it for everyone. All we have to do is share.
It's the sharing that's been the tough part. And what's made it tough,
what's made it difficult for so many people to easily and openly share,
is the very thought that there is not enough. This thought is killing
us. I'm sorry to say that I mean that quite literally. We are literally
being killed as a result of this thought. Some beings are dying of
starvation (perhaps several hundred people since you began reading this),
and some are killed outright by others in acts of war.
All wars are based in the thought that there is not enough. There is
not enough food, there is not enough land, there is not enough oil, there
is not enough belief in our way of thinking - there is not enough of
SOMETHING, and we are trying to rectify it by killing another.
What would happen if we all chose tomorrow morning to begin living a
life in which we believed that there was "enough"? Miracles would occur.
Perceptions would shift. Decisions would change. Lives would be altered
forever.
Misery would be a thing of the past, because misery is created by our
choice to withhold something from another. Maybe we are withholding our
truth, maybe we are withholding our money, maybe we are withholding our
permission, maybe we are withholding our resources - maybe we are
simply and tragically withholding the full wonder of our magnificent selves
from each other. But something is being withheld. When everything is
being released, when everything is being let go, when everything is
shared openly and given freely, only joy can result.
Joy for all, not just joy for the few.
If you thought there was enough - enough of all the things which you
imagine you need to make your life happy - what decisions and choices
would you make differently tomorrow? If you thought there was "more where
that came from," would you share more freely of your money? How about
your time? What about your love? And if you thought there was enough
love for everybody, and that the human heart only grows larger the more it
is allowed to express, would you ever seek or desire to restrict or
limit another?
Be careful with these questions. They could change your life.
Think about this. Think about how your own thoughts about there not
being "enough" of something have colored your decisions and choices - and
your expectations of others.
___________________________________
Great wisdom.
(I wonder if this is the correct forum for this thread)
