Look up to the Light!

It is a lovely time of year here in the UK as the long dark nights are replaced by earlier dawns and later sunsets. As we draw near to the equinox time, (equal day and night), I find it is often a time of challenge, both inwardly and outwardly. Our weather is very changeable - one day it is clear, bright and sunny, lighting up the spring flowers, which bring joy to the heart. The next day it is cold wet and windy, and it feels as though winter has returned! It seems to me to be a time of opportunity to find balance and harmony in the personal life, mirrored by the outer manifestations in nature. When difficulties come along, or negative things happen, it is easy to let them dampen feelings of joy and thankfulness for blessings.

When lovely things happen, often unexpectedly, it is easy to get a bit carried away! The important lesson I think is to keep a sense of inner poise, no matter what, and the inner knowing that ‘Everything is OK and God does hold the plan’. As I write this I am looking through my bedroom window at a very tempestuous sea, but the sun is shining through the clouds. So often, important inner lessons for us are indeed highlighted by what we see outwardly.

 
White Eagle reminds us in the passage entitled ‘Look up to the Light’ in the book of his teaching Seeking Serenity: ‘We see a beautiful shining light that is beyond the clouds, and so we bring to you this message of hope...trust and have courage. The tests you are called upon to undergo have their bright side and the cloud has not just a silver lining but even a golden one! You think your world is in chaos, but we know that with the help of many groups at the present time who are discoverinng the reality of life and who are praying for peace annd goodwill, gradually, step by step (as if walking up a ladder from earth to heaven), humanity is being raised.’