In Your Darkest Hour...Rejoice And Be Glad!

In your most challenging times, rejoice and be glad! Why? Who do you think is doing the challenging? You are, Oh Light Of The World. There is only you. So, if you are experiencing challenge, it's you, creating it. Why? Who knows. Not important. Here's what is. Your most natural state, is ease. It's who you are, when you aren't creating challenge. Want some more good news? Keep reading, there's plenty more where that came from. Really.

Here it is: If you are powerful enough, to go against your most natural state...if you are powerful enough to refute the very essence of who you are...why then, you are powerful enough to return to that natural state.

What's that, you say? "Brother Patrick, that's pretty good news, but I want more!"

OK, here it is: you don't have to do anything, to get there. Why? Take a deep breath. There is no there. It's all you, captain! It's all you, Oh That From Which All Things Flow, And In Which All Things Exist (phew, that's a long title, eh? suits you though)! It's all you. You're it! But that's not the whole of the good news (I'm getting to it....take another deep breath...these things can't be rushed...plus, I'm building suspense...hope it pays off...)

Here we go: There is nothing to do. There is nothing to do, to get you back to that most natural of states. Huh? Wha? Move a little closer to the screen, so I can whisper this next bit to you. You close? OK. Good...

(whispering now) so, here's the deal. you're still here, see? you're still in your most natural state...you're still "easy like a sunday morning". ok? i promise. the thing is...you are such a brilliant creator, Oh You Who...(sorry, i was whispering wasn't i?). you are brilliant such a brilliant creator, that you have enraptured, even you, oh mighty creator. you have convinced yourself, that you are not in your most natural state. now, that is epic, yeah?

(still whispering) i mean, who does that? who creates, with such alacrity, such ebullience, such genius, such flare for the dramatic, that they hypnotize even themselves? well, you do, i suppose. i mean, that is what we are talking about here, right? you, creating so brilliantly, that it fools even you? ok, you can move away from the screen. i'm going to switch back to my louder inside voice. one moment...

Here we are. So, you DO get it, right? You are not really experiencing a challenging time. However, due to your radiance, Your Radianceness (see? I can create things too...like your new favorite word..."Radianceness"...anywho...), due to your facility, with shaping your very essence, to be anything at all AND to have it be utterly captivating, you have swayed the only real audience member, there is (I'll give you a hint...it's you). Even though you are not really in any danger, you can sure make it seem like you are...again, only because you are what? Amaaaazing! Freaking Fan-fun-tastic! You're IT! You are All That Is! Take a moment to bathe in the adulation. Ahhhh.... That's nice, eh?

So, in closing... In your darkest hour, with the battlements falling down, around you...with the darkness coming in, at the corners of your vision...as the knife pierces your beating heart...as the love, of your life, leaves you...as you wonder how you are going to have enough money to eat...as you....well, you get the idea. As you are experiencing, some of your roughest moments, take a deep breath, and do your durndest to remember that the whole show is for you. No special reason. Just because.

Remember who you really are. Remember that everything is your creation, and then, even if you have to make yourself do it....laugh! Laugh, out loud (even if it makes you look a little crazy)! Laughter is great for shaking you out of your trance. Laughter, and deep breathing (not heavy breathing, necessarily, but maybe...heavy breathing is good, too). If you aren't feeling the whole "laugh in the face of danger" thing, then take some really great deep breaths. I've seen numerous miracles, produced from nothing more than deep breathing. Really.

Oh Light Of The World, in your most challenging time, rejoice and be glad! You only have to remember that it is your creation. With a little practice (or not...you might get it right away...you are genius, after all), you will begin to even love your challenges, as your creations. It's a pretty cool feeling, when it happens. Something to look forward to, eh? Alright, that's enough of that. Do me one more favor? A small one? Just make a little time, for reflecting on this, and give it a shot. If you want to do more than that, cool.

Oh Magnificent Source Of All! Oh That, In Which All Is True And Perfect And Whole! Oh LOVE In The Human Experience! I love you, so much! Oy, do I love you! I love you (throwing my arms, wide open)....THIS MUCH! Love, love, love you! Blessings!

I AM LOVE, and know YOU as LOVE!

Patrick