Seeing the Light

Our 'Higher Power' reaches out for us and often we don't 'see'. A couple months ago, I was 'disappointed' that my condo association provided 'light' at the dark side of my condo. This morning, while reading about the Enneagram, in Maurice Nicolle's V. 1 Commentaries on Gurdjieff & Oespensky...he commented that our higher self will reach a point where 'the light' comes on, and it is up to us to recognize this opening. He cross references this to the Bible, in Genesis, where 'God' said 'let there be light.' Most, says Nicoll, will not recognize it.

Soon after the light behind my condo came on, and, my condo President insisted that it had been there before (and I didn't see it), I watched the 2 trees that I love outside my screened porch, lose all their leaves and, I thought, they were 'dying'. A few weeks later, I noticed little buds on them, and yet, still 'worried' about the tree - as I live in FL and haven't watched trees losing their leaves and regenerating so quickly.  So, I didn't trust this death and re-birth process.  A week later, I was meditating on the porch one morning.  There had been a heavy thunder and rain shower the night before.  When I opened my eyes, I witnessed 'a miracle' - both trees were in full bloom, as strong and beautiful as ever.

It was at this point I realized how life can take us into darkness, where one might feel there is no escape.  Yet...it is not the nature of nature to leave us in the darkness.  We are always being shown 'the light' - we just have to slow down and recognize it.  Our higher power - whatever we call it and recorded in many esoteric books for centuries, always is waiting, hopeful, that we will 'see the light'.

How have you 'seen the light'?