recently read an article in The New Yorker about the use of AI companions by people to counter feeling lonely, to feel that there is someone there for you who understands you. Certainly, loneliness, whether short- or long-term, is a major problem in our modern society. And with the increased use of technology and social media by people to feel that they are part of something rather than relying on human contact, the problem is getting worse.
What I found interesting is that the spiritual solution to feelings of loneliness—whether resulting from truly being isolated or loving someone who doesn't understand you—is not even mentioned in passing. This reflects the fact that most people are divorced from the spiritual underpinnings that over the millennia provided people with solace and a feeling of not being alone. God is dead for most people, even if they say they believe in God.
But for the contemporary person who is spiritual, there is an answer. Because for him, God is not the person in the sky to whom one prays and who controls life; god (with a small "g") is instead the divinity within him, the child of the Universe within him, the Buddha within him. This is his true self. (See my post, "God Is Not Dead, We Just Look for Him in All the Wrong Places," in my other blog, PreservingAmericanValues.com.)
When you are in touch with your true self, you are never alone, regardless what is happening around you or being done to you. I embrace the child of the Universe within me every day and invite him into my subconscious, to be my subconscious, and so fill me with abundance and light, faith and strength, humility, freedom from fear, and joy so that I radiate light and am a light unto myself and others.
I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I have an image of the child of the Universe within me that comes from Close Encounters of a Third Kind. it's the little boy (Terry Garr's son who had been abducted by the aliens) who truly radiated light. The experience is similar to the photo of me as a smiling toddler being the avatar of my heart. Both these images have proven to be a major support for my practice.
Every night when I go to bed, I say to the lord (the child of the Universe within me) that I am so grateful that I am not alone, that he is here with me now and I invite him into my subconscious, to be my subconscious and ask him to bring me the wisdom I need to live my life well. which is to be at peace and happy.
And in the morning when I do my "mirror time," I greet myself by saying, "Good morning, I love you. I rejoice in the lord and am happy. I am awake and am happy. I sing and am happy. I am grateful and am happy. I am filled with wonder and am happy. I know that things are the way they are because it's just the way it is, it's all ok and I am happy. I am humble and am happy. I forgive myself and am happy. I have faith and am happy." (See my post, "Mirror Time.")
I am never alone. My child of the Universe, my true self, my heart, is always there for me. I turn my will and my life over to its care—his will not my mind's—knowing that he will never give me guidance that will harm me and cause me suffering.
What I found interesting is that the spiritual solution to feelings of loneliness—whether resulting from truly being isolated or loving someone who doesn't understand you—is not even mentioned in passing. This reflects the fact that most people are divorced from the spiritual underpinnings that over the millennia provided people with solace and a feeling of not being alone. God is dead for most people, even if they say they believe in God.
But for the contemporary person who is spiritual, there is an answer. Because for him, God is not the person in the sky to whom one prays and who controls life; god (with a small "g") is instead the divinity within him, the child of the Universe within him, the Buddha within him. This is his true self. (See my post, "God Is Not Dead, We Just Look for Him in All the Wrong Places," in my other blog, PreservingAmericanValues.com.)
When you are in touch with your true self, you are never alone, regardless what is happening around you or being done to you. I embrace the child of the Universe within me every day and invite him into my subconscious, to be my subconscious, and so fill me with abundance and light, faith and strength, humility, freedom from fear, and joy so that I radiate light and am a light unto myself and others.
I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I have an image of the child of the Universe within me that comes from Close Encounters of a Third Kind. it's the little boy (Terry Garr's son who had been abducted by the aliens) who truly radiated light. The experience is similar to the photo of me as a smiling toddler being the avatar of my heart. Both these images have proven to be a major support for my practice.
Every night when I go to bed, I say to the lord (the child of the Universe within me) that I am so grateful that I am not alone, that he is here with me now and I invite him into my subconscious, to be my subconscious and ask him to bring me the wisdom I need to live my life well. which is to be at peace and happy.
And in the morning when I do my "mirror time," I greet myself by saying, "Good morning, I love you. I rejoice in the lord and am happy. I am awake and am happy. I sing and am happy. I am grateful and am happy. I am filled with wonder and am happy. I know that things are the way they are because it's just the way it is, it's all ok and I am happy. I am humble and am happy. I forgive myself and am happy. I have faith and am happy." (See my post, "Mirror Time.")
I am never alone. My child of the Universe, my true self, my heart, is always there for me. I turn my will and my life over to its care—his will not my mind's—knowing that he will never give me guidance that will harm me and cause me suffering.
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