| There is only a stream of well-being and it is our work | | | | metaphor for Spirit or God-presence or is it something |
| to align with it. | | | | actual? |
| When our thoughts, feelings, and sensations are | | | | This idea of a stream of well-being has been |
| positive, hopeful, and joyful we align with it. | | | | mentioned in all the major traditions. |
| Another word for this entire process is love. | | | | Here are the names and the traditions: |
| Love is seeing the grace in another; love is appreciating | | | | Naad", "Akash Bani", and "Sruti" in the Vedas |
| the beauty in the world; and love is you expressing | | | | "Nada" and "Udgit" in the Upanishads |
| yourself as you, without fear, doubt, or inhibition. | | | | "Logos" and "Word" in the New Testament |
| Since human beings are free, they can choose not to | | | | "Tao" by Lao Tsi |
| be aligned with this stream of well-being. They then | | | | "Music of the Spheres" by Pythagoras |
| impose upon others suffering; and this suffering returns | | | | "Sraosha" by Zoraster |
| to them, which makes them even more bitter and | | | | "Kalma" and "Kalam-i-Qadim" in the Qur'an |
| more inclined to make others suffer. | | | | This stream of well-being has been referred to as |
| This reaction against the stream of well-being creates | | | | "sound" and I believe that we can also interpret it as |
| a shadow self in a shadow world. Just as there is only | | | | vibrations at an atomic level, a concept that may not |
| sun and not darkness, with darkness not being | | | | have been familiar to the ancients. |
| something in it's own right but only an absence of | | | | Thus, there is an invisible vibrational stream, of |
| sunshine; so too, there is only a stream of well-being, | | | | well-being, that can uplift us when we choose to tune |
| and all dissonance, disharmony, and discord arise from | | | | into it and tune out the world. It can carry us beyond |
| a rejection of it. | | | | our internal discord into a place of inner peace and |
| This may seem like a preposterous idea: but life is | | | | harmonious action, into a place of creative action and |
| actually meant to be enjoyed all the time because all | | | | fulfillment. |
| of life is creative, expansive, and enlightening. | | | | Naturally, this entire notion is only a philosophical |
| This idea appears preposterous because individually | | | | hypothesis, too subtle to be verified scientifically, just as |
| and collectively we appear bent on spreading a spirit | | | | the presence of the soul cannot be gauged by any |
| of disharmony, disassociation, and discord through the | | | | instrument, an informal experiment of tuning in to the |
| world, and it has always been this way. But although | | | | idea of this stream of well-being will produce pleasing |
| the world has shrouded itself in darkness, the sun still | | | | results. |
| shines upon it. This darkness then emanates from a | | | | The wisdom traditions hold it as an actuality, but |
| disturbance in the collective unconscious of the human | | | | whether it is something real or imagined, I believe that |
| race. | | | | using it in your work with the Law of Attraction will |
| While obviously the idea of light and darkness here is | | | | prove beneficial, if for no other reason than that it will |
| used metaphorically, is this stream of well-being also a | | | | give you a unique tool for visualization. |