def: A conversation-starter with the universe.
It’s a way of getting to know the universe in all its benevolent kindness.
I ask for what I want and it’s either granted or it isn’t.
And then I know what should be.
Pursuing a want can be a lot of fun if I understand that the benevolent universe will only ever give me what I need. When I recognize that I never need to get what I want, I can love pursuing wants and listening with gratitude as the universe responds out of its divine benevolence.
I start by wanting something.
Then I “ask” for it: I move in that direction, I reach for it, or I actually make a request of someone.
And then the universe responds with exactly what I need:
A yes (or a story of a yes)
A no (or a story of a no)
A hug (or a story of a hug)
Violent anger and rejection (or a story of it)
Every response, a projection of my mind introducing me to me, with my every need accounted for and so no need to ever get what I want.
I’m grateful for every response. I am grateful for the universe’s kindness. This is what it’s time for right now.
Even when I’m not sane enough to appreciate the outcome, I am always held. I am always supported. I always have what I need. What I need is what the universe is. Because all is one.
I get what I need regardless of whether or not I think I want it. Whether or not I even ask.
In time, this conversation helps me to understand, then accept, and then finally appreciate the eternal gift of what is.
Problems arise when I worry about the universe’s answer. Or when I pre-determine what the “right” answer should be. Or when I feel like certain outcomes are unacceptable:
“I need this.”
“I have to win.”
“I have to make them understand or agree or comply.”
“There’s a ‘right’ way.”
“l can’t endure anyone’s negative opinion of me.”
“I never want that to happen again.”
“I won’t survive a certain outcome.”
And I only prefer a certain answer when I ask from a place of stress, when I ask from a place of lack or perceived obligation, from a place of testing my worth where the answer is a referendum on whether or not I belong in the world. That confuses everyhing and makes it hard for me to recognize the universe’s gifts.
But the gifts are easy to recognize when my question is rooted in a playful exploration of, and trust in, the eternal oneness of the universe, the universe prior to the imaginary world I create with my thinking.
When all is one, when everyone I ask and everything I hear back is just a reflection of my state of mind, then every question I ask is just an expression of my eternally trusting true nature basking in the joy of trusting.
And every answer I get back is the answer I was looking for.