31 - Yesterday

Yesterday

Every so often something occurs that I had thought about forty years ago. It happened again yesterday as I watched PBS presenting a lecture by Suze Orman. “Say your name” is what she told the crowd of women in front of her. There were gasps of dismay and a few giggles and you knew they thought she was joking. But all those years ago I shared the same thought with my Metaphysical students and when they questioned whether I was serious. I was.

That was when I might silently have said “Vailia” and then recalled whoVailia is. She was then a young woman living in West Virginia with her two small children. Robin was three and Bruce was five and she had run away from an ugly divorce. But that was not what I was saying to myself. What I was saying, that day long ago, was “Vailia, I know who Vailia is. She’s a gentle, loving mother who does not get angry with her children as she did today. She always treats them gently with a lot of love and understanding.” Knowing that, I often reminded myself that I was Vailia before I allowed me to confront an angry or upset child. That was a sweet and peaceful time.

I forgot being Vailia when we lived through the difficult teen-age years and today I wish I had remembered. During my years as a 3M representative I used it occasionally when facing a difficult customer. Interestingly my being Vailia often worked there too.

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Immediately following the Suze Orman hour another interesting hour began. This one was devoted to changing your brain. I listened and again was astonished that the concept of ‘Change Your Brain, Change Your Life” took me back in time again… Back to the time when I explained to my students that many bibles tell us that we have a matter of choice. That always offers us two possibilities.

What I knew then was that we had two choices concerning our brains. One was to be controlled by our brain, the other was to control our brain. I explained that our worries and fears were all related to our brain controlling us. An example is that I am now dying and with my brain having control I could be frightened, very ill and aware of impending death. With me in control I am still living, enjoying my friends and family, and controlling my illness as well as I can. No negative thoughts…no fear…no waiting to die.

Of course there are serious problems that need to be worked out. Even then, with the brain under your control, the path is easier and solved more quickly. Nothing is more difficult than a negative brain trying to solve a problem. Nothing is more harmful than a depressed brain interfering with your life. The control that is yours offers a peaceful and comfortable existence.

Both the above items have books that hit the bestseller list. I have only one question,

“WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?”