I am what you are looking for. You keep looking for something, but you don't know what - a source of comfort/peace/rest / solace/shelter/refuge / joy/inspiration/elation. You think you will find what you need/want/love in possessions, money, power, prestige, sex, intoxicants, pleasures, accomplishments, this and that, but anything from the world will pass away, it is only temporary. They are all distractions (nothing is wrong with them, they just distract you) from finding what you're really looking for (something that will last a life-time). I am the happiness you are looking for.
If you are already looking, you may look 'here' or 'there', check 'this' authority, or 'that' authority, 'this' religion/philosophy, 'that' religion/philosophy, science, art, school, books... these things tell you about Me, you can learn about Me, but they will not lead you to Me. I am nothing on earth. Again, it is not a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is', but when you find it, it is everywhere, yet until then it is nowhere at all. You will look high and low but you won't find it.
Then, something changes. You realize: wherever you go, it is there. Something changes in YOU. It is within you. I am within you, as I am within everything. We are intimately connected; truly, I am even closer to you than your own breath. But you are disconnected, suffocating, and no one can make you change but you. You have to want it, need it, dream of it – as a drowning man craves oxygen. When you are willing to give up everything for it--the one thing you've always wanted--you "drop the world/die to the world", and that's when you find Me: the source of Life and Existence itself. Few people ever actually have to give up much; it’s the willingness to do so that does the trick. But the funny thing is, once you give up chasing the world, it comes right back. You can still enjoy it just as much as ever, and often times, even more... but once you have dropped it, you will have found something even better. That's what the story of D tempting J is about. D says to J "I will give you the entire world, you can rule/command/own all of it," but J says, "No thanks, I've found something better."
Those who have found Me leave behind clues, hints, bread crumbs to follow; not because they want to hide it away and lord it over others. No, they want to share it, but I am beyond words. I am unnamable. Their tiny nudges can help, but only you can lead yourself to Me.
I call to you all the time. I am guiding you to Me always, but you don't know how to listen, you don't recognize my voice. I am very quiet; I speak in silence. I whisper the way, but I am subtle. Even more so than a gentle wind lightly caressing against your cheek. When you were young, We spoke clearly. But you have shut Me out, and you've forgotten how to listen (even to each other). You may notice some professors use a trick when teaching: they speak very softly, and lure you into straining to hear each word they say. They learned that from Me. Strain to hear Me by listening to everything at once. To pay attention to everything, pay attention to nothing in particular. Become quiet, and listen: “Be still, and know that I am God.” I will make something stand out - a sound, a thought. Something will make itself known to you, and catch your attention.
Act accordingly. It might inspire you to write a poem, provide you with a much-needed laugh, fill you with a sudden urge to go somewhere that I might show you something I want you to see, or it might just remind you to pick up your dry-cleaning. Each one is equally important, and plays an integral part in your life’s unfolding. Rest assure, the universe tends to unfold as it should. This is how it’s supposed to be.
Ps. Hope this postcard wasn’t too big to fit in the mailbox :P
Sincerely,
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