by Hal Manogue
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the rest of the world calls a butterfly." Richard Bach said so much in that short statement. It can be examined and dissected to mean many things. Each of us may read something different in it, and how it pertains to our individual world. The fact is, consciously the caterpillar is always a butterfly. Its desire is fulfilled by feeling the energy of the universe. I might even say its prayer was to be a butterfly. I know it's hard to understand that, but all life is connected in prayer, in "Feelings". Feeling is the language of the universe.
My formal education never explained that fact. Feelings are always coming up in my daily life,"How do I feel, am I sick?" "How does this or that make me feel?" "I'm feeling lazy today." "I feel like going to the beach." "I feel good." I am always feeling something about everything, sometimes I don't express it that way, but feelings are a big part of my life. They shape the course of my life, and I may not even be aware of that fact. I thought the feelings were a reaction to an outside event or person. I would say, "I have no control over my feelings." Well, I fooled myself for many years, but that's not how it works.
Coming from a church background, I would pray a lot. As a child I wanted to pray all the time, for I believed if I did, my requests would be answered, as long as I met some requirement that was set in motion by the church. Some of my prayers were answered and some not. I did everything that the church said, but my prayers sat in waiting. I was confused and wanted to know what was missing?
I got my answer years later. The answer was simple. I thought that my prayers would create the outcome of my desires through God, who was something outside of me. "Feeling" my prayers were already answered and living in those thoughts, was the difference. I had to create my world the way I prayed it to be, rather than waiting for someone or something to do it for me. Prayer is feeling, knowing the answer is present in the universal matrix of love. I am part of a connected universe of feeling, where all possibilities exist. I had to believe I was living the desire that I prayed for, not waiting for it to suddenly appear.
Just like the caterpillar who knows it's a butterfly, I can be the prayer I pray for. I can be the butterfly who spreads my wings in gratitude and love for all life in peace.
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the rest of the world calls a butterfly." Richard Bach said so much in that short statement. It can be examined and dissected to mean many things. Each of us may read something different in it, and how it pertains to our individual world. The fact is, consciously the caterpillar is always a butterfly. Its desire is fulfilled by feeling the energy of the universe. I might even say its prayer was to be a butterfly. I know it's hard to understand that, but all life is connected in prayer, in "Feelings". Feeling is the language of the universe.
My formal education never explained that fact. Feelings are always coming up in my daily life,"How do I feel, am I sick?" "How does this or that make me feel?" "I'm feeling lazy today." "I feel like going to the beach." "I feel good." I am always feeling something about everything, sometimes I don't express it that way, but feelings are a big part of my life. They shape the course of my life, and I may not even be aware of that fact. I thought the feelings were a reaction to an outside event or person. I would say, "I have no control over my feelings." Well, I fooled myself for many years, but that's not how it works.
Coming from a church background, I would pray a lot. As a child I wanted to pray all the time, for I believed if I did, my requests would be answered, as long as I met some requirement that was set in motion by the church. Some of my prayers were answered and some not. I did everything that the church said, but my prayers sat in waiting. I was confused and wanted to know what was missing?
I got my answer years later. The answer was simple. I thought that my prayers would create the outcome of my desires through God, who was something outside of me. "Feeling" my prayers were already answered and living in those thoughts, was the difference. I had to create my world the way I prayed it to be, rather than waiting for someone or something to do it for me. Prayer is feeling, knowing the answer is present in the universal matrix of love. I am part of a connected universe of feeling, where all possibilities exist. I had to believe I was living the desire that I prayed for, not waiting for it to suddenly appear.
Just like the caterpillar who knows it's a butterfly, I can be the prayer I pray for. I can be the butterfly who spreads my wings in gratitude and love for all life in peace.
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