Gratitude 29 … “The Mystery”
Today I am grateful for “The Mystery” — namely, the forever unknowable that encompasses the entirety of our lives, including the infinite moments before our Beginning (the existence of conscious energies – or “the Soul” — pre-conception) and the eternal lingering after our End (those energies’ return to the Cosmos after the death of our physical mind-body) …
I am thankful for the Mystery of consciousness — subject neither to the laws of chemistry nor those of physics, and yet somehow ruler of them both, along with all they encompass … for it is this Mystery that makes Self-Awareness possible.
I am thankful for the Mystery of joy — not knowing where laughter comes from or why it exists makes its power all the more complete … and this Mystery is what makes true Contentment possible.
I am thankful for the Mystery of Oneness — that even though we appear to be separate entities that can act independently from one another, we are actually all interconnected facets of one Cosmic swirl of energy … and this Mystery is what makes heartfelt Compassion possible.
I am thankful for the Mystery of selflessness — the Moral Compass that (albeit admittedly with incredible subtlety) guides us to continually transcend our self-centered instincts with more selflessly Caring alternatives … for this what makes real Kindness possible.
And I am thankful for the Mystery of “YinYang” (mentioned earlier in this tome already) — namely, that the “negatives” in our lives are merely shadows of their “positive” opposites; allowing Peace to bloom in times of strife, Generosity to manifest in times of lack, Caring to come in times of apathy, Gratitude to spring forth in times of envy, and Love to return in times of fear …
Indeed, how are any of these impossibilities possible? … How are they the rule of our lives as opposed to the most fleeting of exceptions? Indeed, it is a Mystery …
… one for which I am immensely grateful.
And so it is that I climb to my proverbial mountaintop, take a deep breath filled with profound reverence, and let loose with a long & loud –
Thank Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
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