Are Not Night and Day Both Beautiful?

Heavenletter #3802 Published on: April 23, 2011
God said:

To what do you attribute your good fortune? You had better believe you have good fortune. Note your good fortune, and count on it. You have been pulled out of more scrapes than you can imagine. You have been blessed. You are blessed. Count the ways.

Have a high opinion of your life. It has been filled with grace.

Instead of feeling sorry for yourself and dwelling on yet unfulfilled dreams or wrongs that you have experienced, witnessed, or read about, dwell on all the goodness in your life. Leave nothing out. You have had a long list of blessings heaped on you. Think about them for a change. Dwell on them for a change. Beloveds, you have an infinite list of blessings.

You woke up this morning, didn’t you? And, if you had not, that would also have been a blessing whether you know it or not.

The sky is above you. There is weather. There is cold, or there is warmth. There is sun, or there are clouds. Clouds are blessings too. They are like the sunglasses of the world. There is snow, or there is not snow. There are rivers and oceans. There are colors abounding, and sounds and sights and tastes and smells abounding. There is abundance.

There is milk, and there is honey. You are in the land of milk and honey.

There are hands, and you have palms. And there are palm trees, and there are dates.

There are people, all kinds of people, it seems. Sweet people, rough people, angry people, happy people, kind people, unkind people. There are all kinds of people, and there is you.

You had a roof over your head last night, or you had the canopy of the night sky and stars and a moon. Are not night and day both beautiful? And are you not beautiful? Even when you are quick to find fault, there is a God, and a God Who made you, and there is a God Who knows without doubt that you are beautiful, and a God Who asks you to get up from your troubles and leave heartache behind. Why carry it with you when you don’t like it?

Are not the homeliest babies as beautiful as the most beautiful babies?

Come on, beloveds, the world is a treasure house. The world is filled with everything, and everything is yours for the taking or for the asking. Take what you like. Take joy to heart, and do not take anything that is not joy to heart. Take joy into your heart. Begin with your thoughts.

Say to yourself: “I am the luckiest person in the world.” If you are weeping now and cannot find the way to say you are the luckiest person in the world, then say: “I am one of the luckiest people in the world.” And if you are weeping and cannot say that you are one of the luckiest people in the world, then say: “How lucky I am that I can weep. How lucky I am that God invented tears, and gave them to me. How lucky I am that God invented tears so that I might cry them and vent the heartache that hurts my heart. How lucky I am that my heart will heal. How lucky I am that tomorrow is another day. How lucky I am that I live through my hurts. How lucky I am that I am hardy and can leave sorrow behind me, or, how lucky I am that I can carry sorrow with me and carry on in the world. How lucky I am that I am alive. How lucky I am that I have a heart, and even when my heart aches, how lucky I am. I have a heart.”

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I thank you very much！

On April 23rd, 2011 Michael_Rebecca (not verified) says:

I thank you very much!I'm the universe,including a heart.I've been doing all right. I and Chinese don't there's fortune,We only believe that like a good, good, and can be good for. The blessings of my long list of people that are expressing the way of my love for the simple reason that I sound good to others...

Why carry it...?

On April 23rd, 2011 Jochen (not verified) says:

Everyone is taught how to say thank you. Everyone is not taught how to feel it. That's not taught the same way. It is taught by example and, most of all, by joy. Ultimately, it is not taught at all since it's the natural state of your heart.

We once played with a system of determining your life color on Gloria's blog. I remember there is something called a "red overlay", caused by trauma, that can more or less effectively keep you from living the full life you are meant to have according to your color(s).

Some people feel as if everything in their life is under some glutinous overlay, not red necessarily, rather drab most of the time. They do know gratefulness, particularly in everyday dealings when there are little acts of recognition and kindness. But they don't know how to feel thankful for life as such and they may choose to not mention this, for isn't it a sin to not feel grateful for being given a life? You end up feeling guilty for not being able to experience the joy of gratefulness – that's how abstruse so-called reason can get.

It is not difficult to list all the facets of the good fortune I'm enjoying. It's not difficult to recognize and appreciate them. And yet the overlay may stay gray. Heavy, sticky and stifling. Most strangely, counting your blessings will make things much worse when it's an exercise you do outwardly but cannot truly fill and follow inwardly.

You woke up this morning, didn’t you? And, if you had not, that would also have been a blessing whether you know it or not. This is a good idea, You know. If it is permissible to see absolutely everything as blessings, ungratefulness, hate, anger etc. included, then I'm all for it and the problem will not be able to stay much longer. Everything in existence has to be all right somehow, a blessing, or it would not exist. It's only us as body-minds who divide and separate. God does not, our true Being does not.

So how to be grateful without making it a performance that only deepens the pain?

…there is…a God Who asks you to get up from your troubles and leave heartache behind. Why carry it with you when you don’t like it? Yes, enough of sitting there and feeling bad about not feeling god, of mining your heart for all the right feelings and even sometimes trying to pretend you have them. What does to get up mean? The only meaning I know of is: Stop trying to repair or renovate your personality. Leave everything as it is, get up and boldly follow the directions you are given from within and in Heavenletters; they are, miraculously, the same.

And this is the fail-safe procedure: If I can't say I'm the luckiest person in the world, I can try to say I am one of the luckiest people in the world. If I can't say that either because I'm sad and it does not feel true, I can try saying I'm lucky for being able to cry, and if I don't truly feel lucky for being able to cry, I can try saying that I'm lucky because tomorrow will be another day, the day that may see the healing of my heart, and if that is still unconvincing, I can try saying I'm lucky for having a life, and if I don't truly feel lucky for having a life, perhaps I can feel lucky that I am hardy and can leave sorrow behind me, and if that still doesn't feel true……

I'm finding that if I stay true to myself, not trying to talk myself into the right feelings or anything supposedly right, there will finally be some foothold that truly holds. Life isn't bottomless.

I really love that last paragraph.

Dear Jochen, Beautiful.

On April 23rd, 2011 kaye (not verified) says:

Dear Jochen,

Beautiful. Thank You, Dear Brother. I especially loved Your honesty with Your emotions and feelings. Its very admirable to honour feelings and it is from genuine souls like yourself who i am slowly learning to be true to emotions and feelings, even if others may not feel comfortable with them. By honouring and being true to our emotions we are being honest with the universe and each other too. And this is something to be truly grateful for.

Thank You Once again.

With love and light

We see things differently

On April 23rd, 2011 Chuck Gebh... says:

Dear Jochen,

I have to admit that I cannot relate to what you say in this comment. In fact, many times I cannot relate to similar comments you make. Its not that I do not understand what you are saying. I can remember times in my life where I wore life like a somber and suffocating overcoat; one that I didn’t know how to take off; one that felt affixed to me by circumstances completely out of my control. The undercurrent of my life now is very optimistic and I am confident. This gray atmosphere is just not there for me. I wonder what the difference is between what you are saying in your comments about the Heavenletters and what I am thinking and feeling about them. What makes the difference? How do these things change?

As a way to try to get some sort of answer to these questions, I ask myself how I am different now from how I once was when this gray cloud seemed to hang over me. I cannot say the difference is due to the Heavenletters themselves since the change came before I discovered them. I suspect that in the past I am referring to, I would not have paid any attention to Heavenletters even if I had heard of them. I feel like Heavenletters are now helping the change evolve further, as are many things in my life, but whatever made the crucial change came before that.

The roots of the change have always been there lurking beneath the surface of my life even when things appeared abysmal to me. I have always been rebellious and maybe this has something to do with how I was open to this change. I guess you could say I was born with a rebellious streak down my back. When I was criticized or rejected as a youngster, I always had the thought running in the back of my mind saying “I’ll show you…..eventually you will see how wrong you are about me.” And when I had completely accepted the view of the world that science was presenting to me, along with the conclusions that God did not exist, I always reacted by thinking: “No way! You might be right about all your theories and teachings, but this one must be mistaken, to conclude that God doesn’t exist is just wrong.”

Can I point to time when this gray cloud lifted and the atmosphere that surrounded me brightened? I would have to say it was when I first came across irrefutable evidence that there is a spiritual realm that underlies our physical world. This was the key understanding that allowed me to find answers to questions that always vexed me and kept me in an emotional wasteland. This key allowed me to begin to integrate what my senses showed me to be true and what my heart also felt had to be true. I feel that everything has fallen into place now. As I read Heavenletters, my response, at least most of the time, is: “Yes, this feels right, this makes sense.”

I suspect that what I say here is too specific to my personal circumstances and probably doesn’t apply to you. Who knows, though, maybe it may help a little for you or others who have similar reactions to some of these letters.

Much love and hugs to all and may we all continue to grow in our awareness.

Chuck

In you and so many, I have

On April 23rd, 2011 Gloria Wen... says:

In you and so many, I have seen great change since you embraced Heavenletters -- and/or started posting here. You were always beautiful, and now, you, Jochen and so many, are even more beautiful. So glad you're here.

relating

On April 24th, 2011 Jochen (not verified) says:

Chuck, dear doctor,

Your comments, in addition to being immensely readable, always give me a clear impression of what your life was and is like and what kind of person you are. In that sense, although it doesn't mean I see all of it or all of it correctly, I can relate. Being able to relate is not a requirement, of course, but what I hope for and expect is that we will all reach the point where we can say what "I can relate" and "I can't relate" are short for, e.g. "I understand" or "I don't understand"; "I agree" or "I disagree"; "I like it" or "I dislike it"; "it sounds meaningful to me" or "it sounds meaningless to me"; "it's worth saying" or "it should better remain unspoken" and so on. From my eyperience, if someone says something that is or used to be within my own range of experience it's not possible for me to not relate. I may relate favorably or unfavorably, but I will relate.

I'm responding because you mentioned my name, but I'm finding it difficult see the connection between our two comments – which also is not a requirement, of course. Much more important than understanding is being understanding, and in that sense I'm sure you always speak with the best of intentions which is the only thing I really care for.

Relating vs understanding

On April 24th, 2011 Chuck Gebh... says:

Jochen, my good friend,

Whether our two comments connect well to each other seems much less important than the likelihood that they further our understanding of each other’s viewpoints. I hesitated at first in posting my comment, above, because I felt it could easily have been taken as a criticism, but I included it because I had faith that your response would be very helpful with the questions your comments raise for me. Your responses always are. I benefit from what you have to say even in the rare instances that I completely disagree. You take complete responsibility for what you say, you are wholly committed to finding and speaking your truth, and you have a superb command of the written word.

What I meant to convey when I said I could not “relate” to what you had written about this Heavenletter is that my reactions to it seem very different from yours. When I said I could “understand” what you are saying, I was trying to convey that your meaning was quite clear and I can easily conceive of times in the past where I would have responded in the way you describe. You can be quite sure that I never intended to say that what you write is meaningless or not worth saying or even that I dislike reading it. Even when we completely disagree, I find our discussions to be very meaningful and always helpful.

I believe that the topic of our discussion here is an important one and the reason behind our diverging reactions to certain Heavenletters is a valuable question to pursue. It is clear to me that many readers find greater clarity from your comments, Jochen, and greatly appreciate your contributions. I wish I could tell you that I understand why you react the way you do or even why I react the way I do. What is very clear to me is that we are engaged with the messages they contain, and as Gloria has so kindly pointed out, we are all undergoing a beneficial change in the effort.

Chuck, since I'm in the

On April 24th, 2011 Jochen (not verified) says:

Chuck, since I'm in the habit of listening to what you say, I went to check if maybe I have appropriated or even bent this Heavenletter to make it fit my preconceived notions. Some degree of this seems inevitable as evidenced by the fact that different people respond differently to the same Letter, but it should be kept to a minimum, of course.

Well, my result is that I don't know for sure. I also don't know how closely Heavenletters and comments are read by others and whether they are taken in in a predominantly intellectual fashion or more on an emotional or atmospheric level – or whatever other ways there may be. Re-reading my comment, I find it's about the same thing you are speaking about, only you appear to be a step ahead. You don't seem to see a similarity, that's what puzzles me. Do you perceive me as being negative?

But anyway, my comment is really about something simple that can be told in a few sentences: If you have been unable to find something that gives you true and deep solace, you will either give up at some point, writing off life as "bottomless," or you will stick to your core intuition that there must be what I called "a foothold that holds" somewhere. And if you then read a Heavenletters that seems to confirm exactly this intuition, allowing you to test and to discard every "lucky" thing in existence until you find the one that holds, the one you recognize immediately, that's when you clap your hands in delight. My comment is just that: clapping my hands in delight at the freedom this entails.

Further clarification

On April 25th, 2011 Chuck Gebh... says:

I am hoping that people don’t mind us having an extended conversation about topics that concern us and I hope the dialogue is helpful for others. In that spirit, I will answer your last comment as best I can.

I do not think you have distorted the topic of this letter in the least. I do think that some read Heavenletters in an intellectual fashion and others read them predominantly for their emotional effect. I think that ideally both our intellect and our emotions are transformed by them, yet there is not right or wrong.

I see this letter as starting out in a profoundly positive tone of us “having a long list of blessings heaped on” us. I think it gives us directions to follow if we don’t find ourselves feeling this way. We are directed to take our focus off anything negative and put it on the many blessings of our lives. As I read your comments, I hear you saying that this does not work well for you, and as you count your blessings: “You end up feeling guilty for not being able to feel the joy of gratefulness.” I am not looking for any right or wrong, here. I am just trying to understand things as they are. I am one of those who feels like “one of the luckiest people in the world.” The question that I continually ask myself is “why doesn’t everyone feel this way?” I address these comments to you, Jochen, because you highlight this question so clearly in your comments. I do not wish to put you on the spot and if I am, you have my apologies. I could as easily direct this question to God and other readers as well.

After reading your last comment, and after I re-read your first comment, I see that the first one finishes on a positive note. I am happy that this letter left you clapping your hands in delight. I do perceive most of the first comment as negative, but only negative in that it is a description of how you have been feeling. I see nothing wrong with this; it takes courage to bare one’s soul and it is something I greatly admire and would like to be able to emulate more. Once we have arrived that is all that matters, how we got there is no longer all that important.

Haha, yes, "why doesn't

On April 25th, 2011 Jochen (not verified) says:

Haha, yes, "why doesn't everyone feel this way?" — prticularly when God in Heavenletters say it's not difficult at all.

That is the question of some of us ... yes

On April 25th, 2011 theophil says:

Why do we not speak at least as much as we speak about us, who seemed to find obstacles, about those who found and were found? Is this not the main topic of our forum? Soaring?

Is this One, Who has a wide-open embrace, able to put questions or to answer questions? His preference is a given - embracing. This One does not present obstacles.

Who does present obstacles ... obstacles, including some of your lines which might be not so helpful for each of us as you hope they are? Hoping is not certainty.

There is no reason or cause or well-prepared and administered opportunity, why we humans invent(ed) obstacles. Even God says sometimes, I am stumped with this. Looking for reasons for obstacles is supporting obstacles. This becomes more and more evident. Of course, in this forum too.

When I open my arms towards you, my utterly and delicate desire is not, being an answerer of questions, but is, to be found. Then I respond to everybody who wants to be found. And - there are those who do not yet see and acknowledge, how they want to be found. I would really find them, even by putting questions, for instance. My open arms want to find them too.

Dear friends, do you see, we are found. And were never lost.

Theophil

"Dear friends, do you

On April 25th, 2011 Jochen (not verified) says:

"Dear friends, do you see..."

Are you suggesting we ought to, Theophil? If so, why? If not, what do you mean?

I love to hear everyone's point of view, whether I agree with it or not, I love to see different takes on what Heavenletters say, I love the discussions and seeming clashes and everything as long as it is not taken too seriously. From what I have observed, getting too serious holds the danger of beginning to teach or to more or less subtly suggest some right view or procedure or to even more or less subtly judge. I wish we would strictly leave all teaching to the Author of Heavenletters, knowing that what we are saying is mostly surmise. Surmise is nice. Surmise can be helpful on our many paths of approximation as long as our statements remain open and flexible.

If there are personal preferences or dislikes as far as forum discussions are concerned, could we not openly and directly address them? They are personal preferences, aren't they? They are not objective truth, or are they?

Most beloved Jochen, my

On April 25th, 2011 Gloria Wen... says:

Most beloved Jochen, my understanding is that God speaks Truth. If God says it, I believe it! Objective truth must be a horse of a different color! I believe God says we cannot prove that which is true. I know someone wonderful who can find such great inspirational quotes from God! Loving you, dear friend.

You must have some really

On April 25th, 2011 Jochen (not verified) says:

You must have some really nice friends, Señora. And with someone like you, no wonder. ^_^

I have some really nice

On April 25th, 2011 Gloria Wen... says:

I have some really nice friends! And the Heavenletter hunter is YOU!

Beautiful, beloved Theophil.

On April 25th, 2011 Gloria Wen... says:

Beautiful, beloved Theophil. Yes, opening our arms.

God has said in a multitude of ways and, in these same words, if I remember correctly, "You are found. You were never lost."

And God has also said, "What is all this hullabaloo about!"

Oh, that God!

Dear Lord, Thankful for

On April 23rd, 2011 kaye (not verified) says:

Dear Lord,

Thankful for having a heart to feel with, a soul to see with and a spirit to love with.

I am guilty of looking at all the problems in my life and in the world that I forget to look at all the beautiful things that You have bestowed upon me. There is night to be grateful for, there is day to be thankful for, there are the stars to be ever more thankful for too. And we have Heaven Letters to remind that we are swimming in an ocean of milk and honey. Actually, I have so much to be grateful for... so much that I sometimes don't realise truly fortunate I am. Today, and everyday from now on, I am going to affirm that I am the immensely fortunate to live, breathe and know that You are eternally here Love us All. Thank you for this heaven letter.

lucky or not lucky

On April 23rd, 2011 carmen (not verified) says:

dear God heavenley father,
i can not coplain enything of my life,
everything what you given to me am deep thankful to you,
lucky or not lucky am thank to you everything
am not complain in my life,
and for this moment am always moveng in my mind,
i feel my self fly high, am always read in your heavenletter
befor i move in my mind to conection to other,
thank dear LORD all your gift you given to me,,

no post

On April 23rd, 2011 carmen (not verified) says:

dear Gloria my love freind,
i have no post heavenletter for few days a go,,

Beloved Carmen, we so want

On April 23rd, 2011 Gloria Wen... says:

Beloved Carmen, we so want you to receive your Heavenletters.

Everything in the data base looks fine. I am going to be sure that Heaven Admin knows you're not receiving, and he'd do everything he possibly can.

God bless you, dear Carmen.

Aloha Carmen,After logging

On April 24th, 2011 Heaven Admin says:

Aloha Carmen,

After logging in to Gmail, can you have a look in your "Spam" folder and see if Heavenletters are there?

gmail

If you find Heavenletters there, click the Heavenletter, then the "Not spam" button. If not, write back and I will delete your account and re-subscribe you. Maybe that will help.

One Love

 

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