Yung Pueblo

There's so much for us to embrace about the power of every morning.

Because when you wake up in the morning and you go directly to social media, directly to the news, directly to the stuff of the world, it's like you're just saying to the world and to the worst aspects of the world, come on, eat me alive.

Take my nervous system.

Make me crazy.

Come on, do it.

And especially like before political campaign and stuff, we're all just like this.

And every religious tradition I've ever read about talks about the power of the morning.

to calm, whether it's the lessons of the Course, transcendental meditation, some mindfulness exercise, Buddhist, Kabbalistic, whatever, to align the nervous system with the truth of who we are.

The Course in Miracles says, even five minutes in the morning,

will guarantee that the Spirit will be in charge of your thought forms throughout the day.

It doesn't mean you're going to be an enlightened master, but it means that the chances of you really falling off this spiritual wagon, saying something, doing something, sending an email, writing a tweet, you're going to go, oh, why did I do that?

Your chances are much less, and also the chances are much greater that you'll catch yourself when you do, and you can atone and make amends.

The second thing is to recognize that everything we go through in life is part of what the Course in Miracles calls a highly individualized curriculum.

Everyone we meet, every situation we're in is perfect for what we can learn that moment, that day.

Are you showing up in your best?

Are you showing up with a give mentality or get mentality?

Is your heart open or is your heart closed?

Are you there in support of others?

Are you only thinking about yourself?

And it's about using every experience to train our attitudinal muscles.