It's All Good

More and more today, people who are awakening to genuine freedom within themselves—who are realizing the love that is their true nature—are using the simple but profound phrase: “It’s all good.” But how can this be, you might wonder? What can possibly be “good” about parents, for example, losing their child to an accident, suicide, or murder? What can be “good” about a situation where your best friend has just died suddenly, or as a result of an illness? Or where there has been some other personal devastation, such as your losing a job you depended on, or financial ruin or some other crisis, or the person you thought you loved so deeply suddenly leaving you for another? On the surface, these events are severe blows—and, in the case of death, particularly of the young, tragic—and they need to be honored as such. You need to take the time to grieve and mourn your loss. But after the period of sorrow, of deep sadness is over—however long that takes—you will realize, at some point, that it is what it is, and you are here. You are here, right now, in this very moment. You will see how the sad or tragic incident served as a wake-up call, in other words. It is calling you to wake up to something deeper with you, a deeper level of love and wisdom that wants to emerge from within, and guide you in your life now. Maybe you will have a major realization, an epiphany, or a series of smaller awakenings or insights as a result of what has happened to you—something that will give renewed direction and purpose to your life. The more you are open to learning whatever lesson life has to teach you, the more the lesson will come. You have been through the fire of personal suffering, and it has resulted in your being even more present in your life—more awake, freer, more unconditionally loving. And you can now say, too, that it’s all, in the end, good. An interesting side note: “God” is only one letter away from “good,” so when you say it’s all good, maybe what you are really saying is that “It’s all God.” For those of who still believe in “God,” it is something to think about…

It is What it Is

The more we awaken to freedom, the more we realize this: it is what it is, things are what and how they are, and we simply don’t argue anymore with what is real in this moment. This does not mean we have to passively accept what is, however. The great thing about being human is that we have, much of the time, the power to change our circumstances if we don’t like them. If you are facing a situation that you don’t particularly like, you can change it, heal it, fix it, or—at the very least—learn to accept it and adapt to it. Adaptation to what is new or different is the main way that humanity continues to not only survive, but flourish. This is true of all living species. But still, the truth remains—in this moment, right now, your life and your situation is what it is. To realize this is itself liberating, freeing…