I was inspired to write this, after reading an excellent post from Tessa Fights Robots. She’s wonderful, so if you haven’t seen her work before, go and check it out!
I am learning, through the course of the last two years especially, that whatever it is that we want to name it-- commonly referred to as "God" or "The Divine" or "The Holy"; whatever works for whomever (I generally call it “Holy” in my mind, and sometimes I call it “Ralph” and “it” knows my playfulness, my humor, and I am “allowed”) -- works best when we don't allow our surprise and ANGER, when the Bad Guys try to corral, impede, persecute, harm, or crush us, when we can let our hearts be more the leader than our impulse to "fight back," when we can summon up our innate wisdom and TRUST in the Good, the Way, etc, etc.
I find this to be so helpful, this taking a moment to calm myself, because I do find the ways and means of those who want ALL POWER to be infuriating. And I think that behind that fury is not just indignation and a sense of being appalled, but also fear. And I think really, bottom line, it is Fear that is the "sin," a term that translates to "missing the mark." Fear is a distraction in many cases; it keeps us from setting our sights on appropriate action. Yes, it is there naturally and it clearly has its purpose and usefulness, but it does not serve us to end there.
Nobody has EVER said "Let Fear rule your life!" because that would be "missing the mark." So... what I'm trying to say is, we let ourselves feel whatever it is we need to feel, and then step back and allow wisdom to come forward. That gives us the means to examine the situation with rationality, or Critical Thinking, and not "Fight or Flight Thinking." These two ways of using our brains, and these two different physical parts of our brains, if we wish to bring in a bit of science, are the two "sides" of all this Covidian Nightmare, after all.
We always have a choice, which is innate to Humans, and given to us to enable us to survive and live well. We can choose Fear, or we can allow the fear to pass, and choose Wisdom. Nothing must be denied without consideration. But the consideration is the means of making good choices. Wisdom is critical thinking PLUS connection to Spirit. It's the only way to fly.
How to connect to Spirit and "get" wisdom? ASK FOR IT.