My previous post proposed that there’s some je-ne-sais-quoi “magic” involved with taking action. I wouldn’t have believed such a claim if I hadn’t experienced it first-hand, and now I’m gaining some similar insight to the fruitfulness of praying to my Higher Power. It don’t know what it is, though I love musing about possible explanations (more on that in a minute), but there truly seems to be something powerful at work when I genuinely ask for help from my HP, whether it’s clarification for my HP’s will and my ability to carry it out or something less lofty, like please help me do a phenomenal job at work today, but I tell you, it does seem to make a difference.
I can feel the skepicism even as I type this — and some of that is from me, even! So here’s one of my current explanations as to why the above is TRUE and what may be behind it. My current understanding of a Higher Power is one that is both outside of me AND inside of me. I believe that when I make choices and take actions that are loving — to myself and to others, that that’s the HP inside of me steering those actions. I believe this is something we each have, and that it’s all part of the “bigger picture” HP. So when we witness those acts of incredible kindness, the kind that restore our faith in humanity, to me that’s HP in action, including the HP that’s inside that person.
So here’s my current thought: If I’m asking for something that’s “bigger than me” — such as, “Please help this situation to unfold in the way that’s best for all parties,” to me that’s an appeal to the “bigger picture” HP, the one that controls the flow of the river, and my goal is to then watch for signs of guidance, and the way I’m supposed to behave to help that process unfold. So it does “work,” but the outcome may look very different from what my mind may have conjured up, and I still have to do my part in taking the next indicated actions — and be willing to let go of the results. But if I’m asking for help in a way that involves my own behavior — “Help me to use my tools and follow my plan of eating today,” I believe that prayer is “heard” on some level by the HP inside of me, and that it’s so subconscious, that once I let go of the prayer, I don’t even realize all the subtle little changes that are going in internally to help ensure I do indeed follow through as planned.
Meaningless musings, no doubt, but whatever is going on, I’m satisfied that something is happening that is outside of the coincidental. That’s good enough for me!
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