EVOLUTION

The outstanding achievement, the single achievement, the only achievement, is happiness; happiness not as in frenzied jumping around and shouting from the ramparts; happiness as in bliss.

We so often use the phrase ‘blissfully unaware’; we concentrate on the ‘unaware’ because we ourselves are not aware of the ‘blissfully’!

Which creatures on earth have we seen playing with abandon? Monkeys, squirrels, birds and animals of all sorts, children at an age when they are ‘carefree’, young adults when they are together in an age group where one-upmanship does not matter, old people who are seeing everything slipping and are happy for the moment at hand?

The rest of the world is busy ACHIEVING; achieving worries, tensions, targets, desires, depressions, enmities, jealousies, competition, strength, power, riches, money and what–have-you.

And in the middle of it all, a little virus gets one, or one falls asleep behind a wheel, or there is water on a polished floor. And ‘pop’! The dreams and achievements are downsized, if not erased! Suddenly, it’s an achievement to eat a spoonful of soup without dribbling, or to speak one coherent word.

I have nothing against doctors and engineers and builders and scientists and traders and teachers and the world at large, as long as the aim of their study and effort is to be of help, to ease things, to make someone happy, to reach out physically, mentally and spiritually into realms yet unknown or long forgotten, to come closer to the Truth. Blessed are they that can aim for the fun and joy of creating, for working in closer unison with the hum of the universe, for realising new possibilities, for widening horizons, for rejoicing in what can be.

But if the opportunity and effort are wasted on ‘earning’ money by fleecing the ‘underprivileged’, thriving on other people’s disease and discomfort, being too full of oneself to recognize a blessing and share it, then one would be better off without the ‘education’, ‘position’, ‘wealth’ and ‘achievement’.

Progressing towards unhappiness is not evolution; advancing towards bliss is evolution. Efforts driven by insecurity will never achieve their goal. Efforts made with faith in the plan of the Master, secure in the knowledge that bliss awaits us whenever we choose to turn towards it, yet performing every earthly task with a detached verve, are worthy efforts.

The trouble lies in the mirror, where the picture in front looms so large that the background is hidden and the even floor one stands on is often not seen.

We are most harsh in judging and punishing ourselves. We are convinced that it is wrong to accept our ‘mistakes’, get over our ‘failures’ and welcome happiness; instead, we choose to dwell upon the past, we worry about the future and ruin the present. The Present, the Gift. 

The reflection in the mirror does not let us trust in God. It does not let us accept that this person is part of a Master plan, and Eternal Process called Life or God or Nature or Soul or Nirvana or existence or Truth or Beauty or Love!

We must trust! Have faith! Be sure that The Big I plans and executes nothing! Trust in God, and then let life come at us while we play secure in our Father’s lap, or garden or fields or world!

Evolution has to make us all happier, more at peace with ourselves, more forgiving, more loving, more trustful, more blissful.

Let us evolve!

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“Zeina Glo brings you the radiant glow of inner peace, good health and attendant beauty.

Zeina Glo helps you strip off layers of inhibitions, hesitation, and cynicism, allowing your thoughts and emotions to flow freely.

Zeina Glo helps to douse the flames of insecurity and guilt, to open the windows of mind and body to the cool fresh breeze of love.

Zeina Glo encourages you to spread inner peace, good health, radiance, exuberance, warmth, joy and the glow from your inner being.

Zeina Glo brings the beauty of your own thoughts back to you!!”

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