Penny popped through the door of my office. She was usually as bright as a new penny when I saw her participating in the communityCWNP PW0-270 I headed at that time.
She wasn't so bright that day. Though she was neatly dressed in a dark business suit and black heels, her countenance was drooping.
She kind of collapsed into an office visitor chair. "I am run down," she said. "I have no peace of mind. I can't control enough of my world to have peace of mind."
As often happens the person wishing help already has an idea what is needed. They just need help in getting it into focus. Penny was trying to control everything and she was, thereby, miserable.
"Who made you general manager of the Universe?" I asked, knowing it would get a rise out of her.
"There you go again with answers that you think are clever, Dr. Bob. You are not always so cute."
I smiled at her. She finally caught her own cuteness in riposte to my remark. She giggled a little then.
"Trying to be in control of me, too?" I asked.
"Yes, I see the connection. I am a control freak. Everyone who has the courage says it to my face. I even see it myself, when I dare to look. But what's that got to do with my lack of peace?"
"When you want peace of mind, you have to give up trying to be the manager of everything. I know that's going to be tough for you." I knew that last statement would be seen as a throwing down of the gauntlet. Penny was competitive.
"I can do it. Tell me how." She answered my challenge.
"Simple. Make and keep contact with the Divine. Discover the meaning of your life, which is to be happy, through deep connection with the Divine. You develop that agency through meditation. When you are feeling happy, you share that happiness with as many as you encounter.CWNP PW0-204 "
"That's too simple. There must be more to it than that," Penny said.
"I get that a lot," I said. "That is the bare bones. Nothing more to do than that. Except - "
"I knew there was a catch. What's is it?" Penny challenged.
"Here it is," I told her. I went on explaining that she would have to give up managing everything and everybody. She would have to detach herself from the outcome of everything and the life of every person including herself.
She did not
did
not
would
That would take some time and effort. Penny was perhaps forty five years old. She had spent a lifetime developing her managing muscles. To give up that strength and the false idea that she did control everything around, would be tough.
"When you want true peace of mind, Penny, you must give up micro-managing everything. Even give up macro-managing."
There was stunned silence on her face. I remember watching as the color slowly drained from her cheeks. "Are you all right?" I asked.
She cleared her throat and said, "Yes, I think so. I just realized what you are saying. I have to change my way of life and dealing with life. That right?"
I told her I thought she was correct. "But," I said, "when you discover your meaning and happiness more deeply than you have found them now, you will find it far easier to let go."
I told her she could cling to the connection she made with the divine. She could fully control that as she was the one to initiate and maintain it. She could fasten on to her own happiness for dear life. She could control that too.
We did a guided meditation there in the office to help her begin.
As she left the office Penny had not recovered her usual new-penny-brightness. She was deeply shaken. I met with her three more times. Over those three weeks she was E22-275 definitely on her way to resign as manager of the universe.
Want peace of mind for yourself? Find meaning and happiness through a permanent connection to the Divine. Then detach yourself from all else. Cling well to meaning and happiness through the Divine. Let everything else go. Peace of mind will begin for you as soon as you begin to let go.
She wasn't so bright that day. Though she was neatly dressed in a dark business suit and black heels, her countenance was drooping.
She kind of collapsed into an office visitor chair. "I am run down," she said. "I have no peace of mind. I can't control enough of my world to have peace of mind."
As often happens the person wishing help already has an idea what is needed. They just need help in getting it into focus. Penny was trying to control everything and she was, thereby, miserable.
"Who made you general manager of the Universe?" I asked, knowing it would get a rise out of her.
"There you go again with answers that you think are clever, Dr. Bob. You are not always so cute."
I smiled at her. She finally caught her own cuteness in riposte to my remark. She giggled a little then.
"Trying to be in control of me, too?" I asked.
"Yes, I see the connection. I am a control freak. Everyone who has the courage says it to my face. I even see it myself, when I dare to look. But what's that got to do with my lack of peace?"
"When you want peace of mind, you have to give up trying to be the manager of everything. I know that's going to be tough for you." I knew that last statement would be seen as a throwing down of the gauntlet. Penny was competitive.
"I can do it. Tell me how." She answered my challenge.
"Simple. Make and keep contact with the Divine. Discover the meaning of your life, which is to be happy, through deep connection with the Divine. You develop that agency through meditation. When you are feeling happy, you share that happiness with as many as you encounter.CWNP PW0-204 "
"That's too simple. There must be more to it than that," Penny said.
"I get that a lot," I said. "That is the bare bones. Nothing more to do than that. Except - "
"I knew there was a catch. What's is it?" Penny challenged.
"Here it is," I told her. I went on explaining that she would have to give up managing everything and everybody. She would have to detach herself from the outcome of everything and the life of every person including herself.
She did not
did
not
would
That would take some time and effort. Penny was perhaps forty five years old. She had spent a lifetime developing her managing muscles. To give up that strength and the false idea that she did control everything around, would be tough.
"When you want true peace of mind, Penny, you must give up micro-managing everything. Even give up macro-managing."
There was stunned silence on her face. I remember watching as the color slowly drained from her cheeks. "Are you all right?" I asked.
She cleared her throat and said, "Yes, I think so. I just realized what you are saying. I have to change my way of life and dealing with life. That right?"
I told her I thought she was correct. "But," I said, "when you discover your meaning and happiness more deeply than you have found them now, you will find it far easier to let go."
I told her she could cling to the connection she made with the divine. She could fully control that as she was the one to initiate and maintain it. She could fasten on to her own happiness for dear life. She could control that too.
We did a guided meditation there in the office to help her begin.
As she left the office Penny had not recovered her usual new-penny-brightness. She was deeply shaken. I met with her three more times. Over those three weeks she was E22-275 definitely on her way to resign as manager of the universe.
Want peace of mind for yourself? Find meaning and happiness through a permanent connection to the Divine. Then detach yourself from all else. Cling well to meaning and happiness through the Divine. Let everything else go. Peace of mind will begin for you as soon as you begin to let go.
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