Cultivating Faith – Just for Today I Will Not Worry

Just for Today I Will Not Worry

Shiva with Offerings-Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh

This is the first of the five Reiki Prinicples*(See end of post).  Below is a full length  article I wrote several years ago for William Rand’s International Reiki Magazine.  It discusses in full what worry is, why it is a useless expenditure of energy,  (worrying is like praying for what you don’t want – worrying is like paying interest on money you don’t have, etc), and ways and reasons to avoid it.  Faith plays a very vital part in this and I hope you will check out this article.

Just for Today I Will Not Worry

Below are a couple of additional thoughts re: the issue of Worry and the Role of Faith which perhaps may be of assistance to you.  I find “not worrying” to be one of the greatest gifts I have given myself over the past 10 years, and that it brings me great tranquility and feelings of well-being, and also makes my life a lot easier.  My wonderful Ayurvedic Doctor in Rishikesh, India, once said it very simply.  “Worrying is God’s job, not yours” (Dr. Arora).

Cultivating Faith is no different than cultivating a garden.  The more time you spend on it, the more beautifully it will grow and bring you joy.  You must weed it continually, and the weeds in the garden of Faith are Fear and Doubt.  The water and fertilizer which allow it grow are Prayer, Meditation, Patience and more than anything else, Gratitude.

Not knowing is not necessarily a bad thing.  But if you do not truly trust the Universe to provide you with exactly what you need, at exactly the right time and in exactly the right way, the “not worrying” becomes more difficult.  Cultivate Faith and then you will not be concerned about what the future holds in store for you, or be stressed by the “not knowing”, as you will be confident that what it holds for you are only good things…even if they don’t always seem to be “good” from your own human perspective at the moment.

Accepting and truly believing that all things are good…WORK ON THIS IDEA

I know that this is fairly easy to understand on a mental level, if we truly begin to work on it and think in this direction. But true application of this idea in our daily life, no matter what happens and no matter how difficult things may seem, is another thing.  The understanding of accepting all things as good must eventually come from the heart and soul , not only from the brain.  It is something which must become part of the essence of our being if we truly want to feel the amazing feeling of acceptance and the lightness and ease of living which it can bring into our lives….

 *Reiki Principles with my personal editing which makes them all the more powerful for me and my students when chanted on a daily basis:

-Just for today I will not worry

-Just for today I will not get angry

-Just for today I will give thanks for my many blessings

-Just for today I will love and respect everything living creature (including myself)-  LINK to another full length article

-Just for today I will do an honest day’s work (0n myself)  my daily practice (see Previous Post to see what this involves) sustains me and is the most important daily work I can do, as everyone benefits from it. It is an anchor in a churning sea-like the eye of the storm- granting me harmony in chaos and tranquility in turmoil.

with love light and JOY

Jane