Once when the great Gautama Buddha was teaching the people of a small village, he reached into his garment and withdrew a little brown pebble and said, “Behold that which is my teacher!”

He then explained how he had been walking along the trail that day and had failed to notice the beauty on all sides of him until the little pebble had fallen into his sandal. He was forced to pause to remove it and in so doing, suddenly became aware of the blue of the sky, the beauty of the trees, the fragrance of the flowers along the trail, even the vivid colors of a butterfly.

He said, “I was walking through so much beauty and yet failed to notice it until this little pebble caused me to pause. Surely, is not this the folly of man, that he is taught more readily by pain than by precept?”

Grow By Becoming Aware

It is unfortunately true that often we are taught more readily by pain than by precept. There are always two roads open to us as we journey through life – the road of compulsion and the road of election. We can choose consciously to cooperate with Creative Intelligence.

We can choose to grow, to improve ourselves, to change for the better. But, if we don’t choose to do so, we will be forced to do so. The law will wield a progressive hand. If we are not growing through choice, we will be forced to grow through the lessons of experience, and experience can be a very harsh teacher.

A lot of people think that a war is being raged between the forces of good and evil. There is no evidence of two powers clashing in the Universal Creative Plan. Then, what is the cause of humanity’s suffering and problems? It is man’s imperfect understanding. As man’s understanding is lifted up, so will his world be lifted out of chaos and destruction?

New Ideas, New Experiences

Behind every success, or every seeming miracle of healing, there is a very simple cause – an idea. An idea can make a million dollars; it can heal an incurable disease. It can rebuild an entire life! If you are open to new ideas, new ideas will come to you.

Sometimes they come as direct illumination; sometimes they take a more circuitous route and seek you out from the pages of a book, the conversation of a friend, or the voice of a teacher. Ideas are the way out of those self-imposed limitations, which can be a prison and a hell.

All you need in order to bring about the healing of any situation in your life is a new idea. That is why mediation is such an important part of successful living – it opens you to inspiration and understanding. When you meditate on a regular basis, you will never fail to receive ideas. Perhaps, not always during meditation, but they will come.

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