I have read that there are four great lights, and they are, Grace, Comprehension, Perception, and Prudence. The first GRACE,is defined as, goodwill; favor;disposition to show mercy. The second, PERCEPTION, to obtain knowledge of through the senses; see, hear, or feel. The third, COMPREHENSION, Act of comprehending, containing, or comprising. 2. power or act of grasping with the intellect; understanding. The fourth PRUDENCE, shrewd in adapting means to ends; discreet; sensible; 2. Provident.

As I travel this road of search, trying to find how I can give back, I have to realize that I have been first,Graced, and that was a very large component, to my recovery. Without understanding this fact, that it is by grace that I am still alive, after all of the destruction, of mind, body, and spirit, would make me a bigger idiot then what I was before. The second light, perception, I would never have grasped any knowledge that had been presented to me. I would have done, what I always had in the past, was to have judgement, and contempt. The third light, Comprehension, I certainly had to begin, to seek and retain, the intellect and wisdom of the spiritual principles, that were being presented to me, and capture, or contain it within myself. The forth light, Prudence, well, I certainly was shrewd, in adapting a means to an end, BUT discreet, maybe at times, but not always. Sensible, still working on sensibility, that takes prudence. Provident, there’s an interesting definition, means foresight; care; esp; divine foresight, care or guidance;   A manifestation of God’s care over his creatures; economy. I do feel I have been watched over, you come to have a definite belief, when you survive ordeals that are beyond your power, and capability to survive, without something with more power than I. For me there are no random acts, I am sure this could be argued, but I don’t need to question this, I am proof, for me still being on the planet is proof, enough too me.

So I am truly grateful, for all the four lights that have manifested in my life. Without these illuminations, I would be eating, drinking, drugging,  myself into a self imposed ignorance. With self pity, thinking that everyone else was the problem, never looking at my part in anything, never being responsible, and just wallowing in my own prison of poison. Thank you Father/Mother of the Universe for allowing the Four imperishable Spirit’s of Lights, that have shined on me and my being. These indispensable spirits, are what my recovery, from a seemingly, hopeless, state of mind, became and are the ingredients that bring the sunlight of the gift, to my soul.

PEACE OUT, M

We must always remain teachable, and stay as open minded as possible , to filter through the messages, of the things we need to learn and understand. How can I expect to transmit the lessons of my experience without being open to new lessons. Life is about learning, when be stop, we stagnate in the past because, we have no now. Once I think I have no more to learn, the decay of all my old, molding thoughts, are stuck in an vacuum of time, that ceases to move. The entire universe is always moving, changing, ever expanding, and we adhere to nature, then why shouldn’t we keep growing? Knowledge is seeking, always growing in mind, and spirit, until we cease existing.

New friends that I meet teach me to be present, and accessible, to reaching my hand out, and learning more about them and what can I learn or teach, that keeps me in check, for that day. Wisdom does not come by being stubborn, and stagnant, it comes from understanding that everyone can guide information to me, it all teaches me what I want or don’t want. I can never let my ego, pride, or arrogance, make my decisions for me, this will lead me to judgement of things I should not judge. Teachers can always be taught by students, it’s the students who pass the wisdom on, if they remain as open minded as they were when they were students. May I remain forever teachable until there’s no mind left to teach.

PEACE OUT. M