This Morning - Seeing Through A Different Set of Glasses

Have you had the experience of seeing something differently because of the glasses you were wearing?

This morning I woke with what for me was a powerful connection. Suppose a spiritual master came to you and said, “I can see that you are close to your spiritual awakening and that you have only a few things that seem to be blocking your awareness and standing in the way of your enlightenment. If you would like, I am willing to spend 30 minutes each day mentoring you, providing you insights and giving you the instruction you seem to need. In addition, I will leave you with something to do each day that will help speed up the transformation you are seeking. Are you willing?”

Wow! What a gift that would be! How grateful I would be to that spiritual master for his/her devotion to me. What an honor and how humbly it would be – the seeming specialness of being singled out.

Would I rearrange my life around those 30 minutes each day? Would I figure out how, even when I travelled to the west coast, how to get those 30 minutes in? Would I tell my overseas clients when I travelled to Europe or the Middle East or even Australia that I would need to take 30 minutes in the middle of the work day to do this important work?

You bet I would!

This morning, I was reading Lesson 169 in A Course in Miracles, “By grace I live. By grace I am released.” And for the first time in the 20 years that I’ve been on this particular spiritual journey did I see ACIM through this set of glasses. This morning, I saw myself sitting at the Master’s feet as He gave me instruction for the day and the lesson to carry with me. This morning, for the first time I felt His devotion for me and was humbled and grateful. And I recognize that each of us has indeed been “singled out.” This morning, I realized that when I see ACIM through these glasses, my heart yearns to return His devotion with my own. This morning, I wanted just one thing, to be as devoted to my awakening as He was.

How our glasses make a difference! Have you had a similar awakening on your spiritual journey?

In Joy,

Michael

(P.S. – thanks for all the insightful responses to my question of balancing wholeness with running a company. I’ll be blogging on those responses in the future.)