There is a classic teaching tale about an old beggar who had been sitting by the side of the road for many years asking every passerby for spare change. One day a stranger walked up to him and asked him what was in the box he was sitting on, and the beggar said he’d never looked in it. Upon opening the box, he found it filled with gold coins. He had plenty all along.
The above story has been re-told time and again. Jesus related this idea when he said, The Kingdom of Heaven is in the midst of you and it is the Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
You and I resemble the beggar when we wait hopefully for someone or something to show up and bring us the good that we seek. This is the prevailing consciousness of our little selves, which gives rise to economic, spiritual, creative, physical, and psychological recession.
In our ignorance of the infinite resources within us, we toil and spin, anxiously fearing that we will not have enough. Scarcity thinking takes many forms, not just the monetary forms which bear the affirmation, In God We Trust. We also don't trust in an infinite supply of love, peace of mind, or any of the coins of contentment. This is why we seek but do not find. We seek amiss. We look here and there, counting our blessings in external measure, which are always subject to ups and downs, and rarely if ever stop and realize the Divine treasure within us.
This Sunday I will take up the lesson, Letting Go of Scarcity at Unity in the Olympics. You can watch via zoom live at this link or watch it later on YouTube here.
Peace and blessings,
Rev. Larry
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