Take a lesson away

This morning, in a public place, a friend of mine lost her 22 month old toddler. This woman was frantic. It appeared to her as if everyone around her appeared unaware or simply minded their own business. A few people were helping but not panicking. As my friend raced around, looking high and low, her focus shifted from composure to fear.  I reassured her and yet she felt time was running out and so, started calling the police.

Even so, I continued to search the immediate area. Soon afterwards, I discovered the child happy as can be. This toddler had innocently wandered out of a busy library, unnoticed by a manned reception desk, by automatic doors to the street, run down a corridor, by an open toy library, passed doors to toilets and by people before entering a playgroup area. The child easily blended in and started playing with toys. This child continued acting as if all is well.  How you would respond in her mom's shoes? Feel relieved by a hug and move on?  Come what may, are you always calm as a cucumber? Or do you struggle to let go of fear?

Very often the body is here, but the mind is not.  It gets caught in the net of uncertainty.  It is not totally here.  The past is totally gone and future not yet here. Breathe mindfully to focus on the present.  The next time you are fearful, follow your breath.  You touch the miracle and insight of being alive.  Exhale tension, fear, anger, regret and guilt in the body.

It may surprise you that nobody in the area responded as if a wandering toddler is out of the ordinary.  Even the adults near their children attending playgroup did not look for a missing parent. Its not about others though, is it? Its about how each of us responds to the situations life throws our way. Every situation offers lessons. We can be grateful for guardian angels, and focus on knowing all is well, or assume the worst.  Notice visions triggered in the mind.

What causes you to shift away from peace of mind?  What do you take away from situations that scare you? Who or what prompts you to lose your cool and freak out?  How is each new focus of attention a true gift? When are you 'calm, cool and collected?'

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.” -Steve Marboli

"God is happiness and available twenty four hours a day." - Andre Gide

John Geiger & 5 Lessons about guardians

John Geiger, authored The Third Man Factor. He researched a group of historic events where angelic presence is proposed as the common thread. Its up to you to discern whether this is a benign, nebulous force or, an energy truly precious or divine.

What do 9/11 survivors, mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, solo sailors, aviators and astronauts have in common? All have escaped situations they viewed as life-threatening due to the presence of a guardian. Maybe you can relate? Consider these five lessons to rethink your conditions;

1) Angels have no desire to prove their existence. Humans know a bit about the physical world, but they are conscious of less about the unseen spiritual world. To be unaware of your spiritual side obscures your wider vision. Those people who demand tangible proof fail to find any, but those who start with faith, find confirmation presents itself.

2) Humans do not perceive beyond their bodily sense. Unless a being passes over, has a near death experience (NDE) or senses divine intervention, that being has no idea how alone a believer in the physical world is. For many people, a curious phenomena only becomes reality if its discovered or confirmed by Science, perceived through senses, tested with reason, is repeatable on-demand and verified by facts. To see through and dissolve ego is to recognize the former contradicts truth.

3) A divine force does not judge human beliefs. It is said higher beings allow each person to recognize spiritual error or truth by degrees. That is, your own choices are persuasive or not. Higher forces realize human beings are not equipped to discern the deepest levels of spiritual being so long as they are human. It is humanness that creates beliefs from nothing.

4) People experience divine presence without seeing it. You recognize presence beyond your human senses. This is enriching internal, spiritual sight. It is said spiritual beings transmit spiritual energy through the eyes of consciousness, not the physical eyes of a human body. Only a presence can choose to reveal himself.  Even if you concede presence is beyond your current comprehension, the truth is still felt.

5) True insight stems from expanding consciousness. To experience divine presence is to bear witness to something far more sublime and convincing than anything the rational mind can produce.  As ego dissolves or, your awareness is temporarily shifted, the soul awakens consciousness to higher understanding beyond your earthly intellect. Only divine experience itself clarifies depth and mystery beyond words.

How do you involve your guardian angels?

No matter what you do today, it makes sense to reflect on how you involve your guardian angels.  What's that?  You don't know?  You're not sure if you noticed them or they, you? Is that a conscious choice or a lack of awareness of what's really happening in your life?

1) Did you encounter green circulation lights or bypass a car accident today?

2) Was a vacant parking space calling out to you?

3) Has your overworked computer churned out another document without a hitch?

4) Did a stranger do something kind for you then, disappear?

5) Were you able to get up at all, with minimal pain and discomfort?

6) What about that close call where you nearly lost something you cherish?

Listen to yourself. Whenever you use words like, "coincidence", "blessings" or "luck," this can also be a sign of heavenly intervention. Notice which situations in your own life remind you that you're not alone. Ponder experiences that strenghten your inner resolve, resilience, nurture your faith or prompt you to trust in what you cannot see.