Wishing to Transform the Energy

Although attempting to bring about World Peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way."
-Dalai Lama

Some people may wish that I would jump in a lake. On a good hot day, I will make that come true and will even appreciate their wishes. On the first day out swimming I say, "This is for all those people in the world who sincerely hold this wish." Then I just jump in. It is as simple as that. Happiness and good wishes are nice to feel. We have a lot of beautiful lakes out here and I greatly appreciate people throwing those "jump in the lake" vibes my way. It is useful practice to transform the energy too.

Strangely enough, it takes awhile to get to the point where you can jump into the lake in the true spirit of making others happy and yourself too. It takes some time to consider what we really need and desire to even make a wish. It takes even longer to make a wish in the world view of energy and what is nice for all beings. To see how acting for all beings is beauty in the world... who knows how long that kind of wishing takes. Some find it in what seems like a moment. Others believe they search for lifetimes for this middle way.

We must look to the very root of the wish. It seems the question is, "What do you really want?" We tend to make our wishes into very solid "things" only viewing them in the physical realm. For instance, you may wish for a house, but what you really desire is security. You are just not seeing it that way. You may wish for a steady girlfriend or boyfriend, when what you really want is loving care and companionship. One has to remember to go with the essence of what is behind the wish, not the hard physical results. This leaves the person open for what really appears, so as not to limit the wish nor the vision and one can recognize the opportunity when it arrives. Otherwise, people just keep on getting these nice chances, but they are not in the form of a house or an exhilarating swim in the lake and they just walk right on by. This is a form of being blind in this world or NEVER home when Publishers Clearinghouse arrives to give us the check.

Getting past the wish can take time. After we have what seems to be the easiest thing out of the way, which is not a simple matter for most of us, there are the natural laws to learn. Many would tell you that wishing is focusing the energy of what is lacking instead of what is already there. Getting past the wish to the focus may not be easy since we are accustomed to a certain way of thinking. We must start with those little sparks of what is good and focus on that in order to build our fires. The other vibrations of want, need and lack will be fed to our fires of plenty and transformed. Thise sounds simple and I am even told that it IS simple. In our view of the world, simple is not always easy. Darn.