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05-13-09 Parable 17: The Great Supper, The Law of Generality

Then Jesus said to him, "Someone gave a great dinner and invited many.
At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.'
But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, "I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets."
Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets."
Another said, "I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come."
So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, "Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame."
And the slave said, "Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room."
Then the master said to the slave, "Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner."

Generality frees the Universe to take many paths to achieve the desired result. When we move into generality we allow the Universe to fill our request in the most loving and graceful way possible.

1) Look at what you are expecting to come into your life. Take a fresh look at what you are trying to accomplish. Visualize a successful end result.

2) Redesign your thought forms to bring you the feelings first. A happy home, a beautiful, functional car, financial freedom to choose how you want to spend your time.

3) Reprioritize. Put spirit first. Seek in your daily quiet time to feel the energy of spirit filling you.

4) Look at the possibility of being much happier than you ever thought with less than you ever thought. You don't need things to be perfect to be perfectly happy. This type of thinking is fundamentally flawed.

As a country we are beginning to look at our previous notions of what we needed to be happy and learning that we can be happy with having a great deal less. We can be happy with having a job, doing it well, feeling successful and being able to provide for our needs wants and desires.

Having perfect homes, mates, jobs and 2.2 children didn't bring us the satisfaction we thought it would. It has only served to separate us and cause us to compete with our neighbors and friends. Losing our previous mind set is now allowing us to see our similarities rather than our differences and helping us to choose to cooperate rather than compete. As a result of our willingness to cooperate we are all learning more easily and celebrating more joyfully, and enjoying group energy and support. Losing our previous mindset will ultimately lead us to a greater quality of life rather than our previous goal of a greater quantity of life. This will enrich us and others.

What do you feel when you participate at Church? Do you feel love, valued, supported, inspired? Do you feel that people care about you and your process?
This is what we all need to experience each day of our lives.