What Are You Shoulding On?

The Simplicity of the Spiritual Energy

There are many ideas, opinions, and deeply held beliefs about how this world is supposed to be. These are people’s “shoulds”. And as my friend and teacher used to joke, “I won’t should on you, if you don’t should on me.” Yet almost everyone “shoulds” on the world.

The nature of this world is the same as it has always been, and your beliefs that it should be anything different aren’t going to change it. Human nature hasn’t changed either, no matter how much people try. Just as a dog is no match for a car, to repeat the eternal truth found on a bumper sticker, the karma will run over your dogma.

The first law of Spirit is acceptance, but not “you have to like it.” To get to the understanding part of the equation, first you have to accept. There are people who ascribe to the idea that the world is perfect as it is, but then get upset that it is that way.

When you think that things should be different (according to your own ideas), you aren’t in a position of acceptance. Once you finally accept the way things are, and then start to observe instead of running off to advocate for your morally superior way, you have a chance to understand what is taking place.

When you come into the true understanding towards what is taking place, based on first accepting that it is taking place, then you may actually be in a position to alleviate and improve the conditions of this world. You learn to work in cooperation with the ocean currents, instead of trying to change them.

If you can realize that everything starts first with consciousness, then the most important thing you can do is uplift your consciousness and assist others in their own awakening. As the consciousness changes, those changes will eventually be manifested into the world.

What if this world were already perfect just as it is? How could that be?