When In Doubt. . . Read This!

I was up way past my bedtime last night watching OWN. . . Oprah Winfrey Network. Every time I turn that station on, she is there - Oprah that is. Does she ever sleep? Does she spend all of her time filming programs to be aired on her station? Sure seems that way. I don't know how she does it, I really don't. But thank Jesus that she does! For if she didn't, I wouldn't have seen the show I saw last night when worry and dread and mental pain consumed me - robbing me of precious sleep. Don't ask me the name of the program cause I don't have a clue. I tuned in a tad bit late, so I didn't catch the name. Doesn't matter one wit. What matters is that I saw the program. Got the message. Saw the light. Received light where only dark had been. It gave hope. Hell, it was just down right cool. Deepak Chopra was Oprah's invited guest. They talked about Karma, which is really the same thing as "The Golden Rule". "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". "We reap what we sow". "Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind". Basically, what we have in our life right now is present because of something we did a minute ago, an hour ago, a day ago, two days ago, a week ago, a year ago and so on. I can change my karma by changing what I'm thinking which leads to what I'm doing. . . right this minute! And if that's not enough of an eye opener, try this one on for size. . . close your eyes. . . see the moon in your mind's eye. . . now see an oak tree along the muddy river bank. . . now see a red triangle. . . now . . . open your eyes. Do you see how easily you let a thought - a thing - a vision - into your mind? More importantly, do you see how easily you let the thing, the vision, the thought go? The message? YOU ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS! They are not permanent. Your mind has the ability to think any thought - ANY thought at all. And! It has the ability to let the thought go! Because? It is NOT you!!! I am NOT it!!! My thoughts are not me. They are not the essence of me. They are thoughts - nothing more - nothing less. They don't matter one wit. And, I have absolute power over them. I can change them into anything I want with nothing more than an imaginary switch. Moon? Tree on the river? Red triangle? When a thought comes in that I don't like - one that is dark - one that disturbs me - one that is upsetting or negative or hurtful in any way. . . S T O P! Let it go. Think. . . Moon. Think. . . Oak Tree. Think. . . Red Triangle. Just stop. Take a breath. Let it go. Think a new thought. One that is more pleasing. One that is more positive. One that is better suited to me and my needs in the moment. Just stop, breathe and change the channel. When you change the channel, you change the thought. When you change your thoughts, you change your actions. When you change your actions, you change your karma. Don't like what you have? Change it. It all starts in the mind. Pretty f***ing cool if you ask me!