“To one who waits, all things reveal themselves, as long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.” — Coventry Patmore
We can recall with relative accuracy those moments that we were crystal clear in our judgement, choices and actions. It is almost imperceptible, or so we believe, how deftly we were able to make just the right decisions given the information we had at the time, and proceed with the utmost clarity. We were at the top of our game, and never questioned how we got there. And then one day, we’re not quite sure when, where or how . . . circumstances, issues and situations changed. A passage in The Science of Mind suggests, “Can we hold on to the light we saw at the mountaintop, even when the darkness of the world urges us to deny it as illusion? Do we have the courage to live what we believe, even when we aren’t ‘feeling’ it as well as we once did?” Circumstances beyond our control begin to confuse, blur, and question our being, which can be quite frightening. It is at these times that solitude, introspection, serenity, tranquility and searching for those precious moments of peace that can bring conscious focus. There exist no special magic tricks or mysterious potion to reach present awareness, for each of us attain that plateau differently. However, Rene Dumal wrote these words which may be helpful, “When one no longer sees, one can at least still know.”
In the basic sense, as much as we may believe otherwise we become like strangers to our own conscious healing. Yes . . . that’s correct. The inherent problem for many of us is simply, that we don’t trust the idea that we are capable of tremendous clarity. Consciousness happens on many levels in many different ways for each of us. We have the opportunity when it presents itself, to acknowledge that moment. I recall a Buddhist text that puts it another way, “If you can’t find the truth right where you are, where else do you think you will find it? JLR