Encounters --- by Ray Hart

"THERE IS NO ORDER OF DIFFICULTIES IN MIRACLES"

(A COURSE IN MIRACLES)

Miracles are natural. When they do not occur something has gone wrong. A COURSE IN MIRACLES states simply that miracles are our heritage. No big deal. When I feel suffering, pain, or discomfort of any kind I have the power to change it simply by changing my mind. That sounds easy, but of course it's not. I'm going through a lot of physical stuff that includes breathing problems. Like Morrie, I'm having a difficult time with getting the oxygen I need to sustain life. However, I've learned that I have a choice. I can change my mind simply by saying, and trusting, that I choose to not suffer today. It really does work. I don't know how, and I don't question it, but I do know that when I make the statement that I choose not to suffer something happens. I simply do not suffer today. Nice, huh?

I saw "Tuesdays With Morrie" Sunday night. I could relate to Morrie's needs for oxygen. But I also could relate to his feelings of how to learn to live. I take this life I have, or think I have, One Day At a Time.

When it comes down to it, that's all there is. Right now. This Holy Instant. The past is over. The future is yet to be. My job is to be here now. When I met with Ram Dass devotees in New Mexico I was taught that I have only to deal with now. Every thing else is simply a way of avoiding the now. I thank my Higher Power that I can get what that means occasionally! And that's progress - not perfection! WOW! Today I choose not to suffer, and I thank God that I can understand what that means at this moment.

"There is no order of difficulty of miracles." To cure a headache is the same as curing a life threatening cancer. My choice is to let my Higher Power be in charge right now. It's all here right now.

--- © by Ray Hart

http://www.sfpnn.com/ray_hart.htm