Focus, My Son

1999-2-12 04:19:00

It sounds like Tracy, Rick, John, Garrett and others are having a rough time at present and the main question on some of your minds is something like: "Why do we have to go through these things?" or "Why is life so hard at times?"

The real answer to this lies in the mystery of the very purpose of mankind which will be revealed in a future book, but suffice it to say that life is very much like a game and we have come into it as willing participants.

The problem occurs when we do not understand the rules and therefore our ATTENTION is not on becoming a player. Instead, we are tempted to substitute rules of our own and play a game that we know we can win. This is not, however, what the Higher Self wants and neither do we when we understand. Would [the game] Monopoly even be fun if there was no risk of landing on someone else's motel and suffering loss? It is a great game because you take risks and there is a thrill when you win.

Life is a little like that. But when we learn the rules and focus all our attention on the part we should be playing then we put all things under our feet as did the Christ and move to a higher level of playing.

When life seems out of control it should be a sign to us that we have taken our attention off the part we should be playing. What we need to do is focus on the details (yes, sometimes they are boring details) that will cause circumstances to mold to our good.

What happens to many seekers is that they seek after the dream instead of reality, and their attention becomes split in two because reality forces us to devote considerable attention on it. We must live our lives with a single focus of attention and then circumstances will work in our favor with greater and greater rapidity.

This I have learned through painful experience.

That's all I have time for tonight. I'll write more tomorrow.