Treatment by Ed Preston, RScP
The Mystery
Prelude
I hope most of you have now discovered or learned about the Newsweek Special Edition, Spiritual Living, which came out last week and is sold out most places. I got a real copy of it from a long time friend who found it someplace in Washington, DC. I immediately read the one page article about the CSL education program and saw the full page add for CSL. Then yesterday, I decided to just start browsing and reading. The first thing I came to, was an editorial introduction on page 8 titled “Living the Life”. The subtitle captured me. “The First Step to Becoming More Connected with the Universe is Accepting the Fact that it’s Filled with Things We May Never Comprehend.”
The first paragraph ends with “But those unanswerable questions may just be the essence of living a spiritual life.” The article ends with “And while all the answers may not present themselves despite tireless exploration, some of the most connected, spiritually-in-tune individuals suggest this is no cause for concern.
Some things, they believe, are not meant to be fully understood, in this lifetime.”
That all has captured the essence of my spiritual path, and where I am now. I celebrate the Mystery of God. For me “God” and “Mystery” are synonymous. And I also celebrate the relatively few things I can observe and understand.
Treatment
So, I come to this place of release; this place where I let go of the need to understand it All with my mind and accept that the Mind is infinite and I will never know it all. I let it be in my Mystery. I recognize the Mystery as what is all around me and everywhere. It is in outer space. It is in the person walking past me whom I do not know. It is even in my best friend, of whom I know so little of his total being.
I become part of that Mystery. I know there is even so much of my own being that I do not know or understand in my mind. I accept the Mystery of the One Mind and know it is my Mystery and our Mystery and All Mystery. We celebrate the Mystery right now and let go of the need to understand. I find, without understanding, I can still Know. I know what I understand and I know what I know and I embrace what I only Know as part of the Mystery.
I realize this Mystery is All of what is out there. I accept it as the Divine Presence that is always around and in and throughout my Being. I allow myself to release and let go of understanding it all and just accept that I can Know It All. I find my Peace.
I am grateful for the vast expanse of this Universe, which I cannot understand, but only know as the Mystery. I feel and experience it every night as I step out on my deck and look into the darkness of the sky and the back yard and all the neighbors’ homes. That is all part of the Mystery I celebrate.
So, I release my need to understand with my mind and accept my ability to Know with sole. I am One with it all in just the Knowing. So, I release these words into the Mystery and Know they empowered in Law.
And so it is, Amen.
Treatment for March 9, 2016