Is the Universe a Friendly Place?

Einstein said that the single most important question in the world, indeed in life, is “Is the Universe a friendly place, or not?”  We may be tempted at times of trial and tribulation to believe that it may not be entirely friendly, or not watched over that closely.  Such thoughts are “normal,” per se, yet entirely unnecessary.  Because the uncomfortable, challenging things that happen along life’s way are not random and they are NOT the result of some unfriendly aspects or characteristics of “The Universe.” They are the result of our thoughts and actions, and are therefore entirely within our control.

One of the most important of all the things we can do to configure ourselves, our minds and hearts, to experience the total friendliness of the Universe is to be entirely honest, both with ourselves and with others.  This can be more tricky than it sounds, because some of us have very intricate ways of concealing the truth, the whole truth, from ourselves and others.  It is truly amazing how even the most seemingly honest person can still be in stark denial about certain things they carry within themselves, as secrets, as things they are afraid to admit to others lest they be thought less of.

I have seen this at work in my own life many times, as well as in the lives of others.  You can seem to be on a streak of “bad luck” or unexplained misfortune, and finally come completely clean with another human being, your self, and with God, and completely turn things around in a matter of minutes.

Yes, the Universe, or “Multiverse” as physicists now techically refer to it, IS a friendly place–and Einstein, after considerable reflection over his lifetime, agreed.  But if we do certain things we can cut ourselves off from this friendliness, and this is entirely unnecessary.

For when we are denying, concealing, hiding, sublimating–whatever you want to call it–anything from ourselves and others, the Universe with all its friendly properties and manifold gifts, cannot access you, the REAL you.  When you can find the courage to “come completely clean,” you strip away the layers of insulation that keep the magnificent and wholly generous, gentle, and kind hands of the world from reaching you, enfolding you in kindness and healing.

Sometimes people who are experiencing problems will say, “Oh, the supposed ‘Laws of the Universe’ just don’t work. I’ve been doing everything I should: giving generously, thinking positively and consistently, and trying to vibrate at the level of that which I seek to attract, and yet, things still aren’t going my way.  Life is still rough and difficult and an uphill struggle.” They know, deep within, that these laws are inviolable and absolute, yet they still can’t figure out what it is that they are doing wrong.

Often, it is not what they are doing that is “wrong,” but that which they are NOT doing:  They are failing to bare their soul, all the way, afraid to open all the “dark” secrets and resentments they harbor inside.  Why do they do this?  They do it because they are afraid, afraid that others will judge them and push them away if they knew the real truth about what they were doing and thinking deep within.

If they take the time to WRITE DOWN all the “worst” things they are really doing and thinking, and then share them with a carefully chosen person, or group of people who are compassionate and understanding, they will be amazed to find that their “confessors” are completely accepting of them and often end up sharing their own “darknesses” in much the same way.  

The simple act of entrusting our secrets to another strips away the garbage that is insulating us from the invariably loving hands of the angelic, the divine, and allows us to come back into full contact with the profound, PROFOUND, healing power that was always there, all around them, pressing in, flowing in toward them.  Our lives change almost overnight.  Such simple honesty breaks the back of the “bad luck” almost immediately and the sense of relief is utterly ineffable.