Expect the Unexpected Best

A Course in Miracles (lessons 5 – 7) indicates “I see only the past”, meaning that when we see a thing, we project all our past associations and feeling onto that thing.  These feelings block the meaning and lesson of the “moment” that that “thing” is designed to deliver as a part of our path of healing, and we are blinded to the truth of that thing in the moment.  For example, a friend had a daughter who was “always” breaking her printer.  When the printer malfunctioned, the friend was so insistent that the daughter had once again broken her printer that she failed to see the message on the screen that the printer failed because it was out of ink.  How many times have we missed God’s message of love because we only saw the past?  We project the past experiences onto all situations in this same way, and as a result, we often fear that the future will replicate the past.  This becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy, and we then expect the worst to happen.  This is the ego (Edging Grace Out) edging out the grace of God to change any situation and to bring a new outcome.  The affirmation that can break the ego’s blindness to grace is “I EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED BEST”.

Back in 1993 when I received a directive from spirit that stated “you will be a part of a movement that transcends religious boundaries, supporting others in personal healing, growth and transformation by applying ancient wisdom, spiritualist principles, metaphysical truths and practical applications in modern life, my ego was baffled.  What will you call it, how will this happen, where will it be, etc.?  I later gained insights on the confusion that threatened to keep me from taking the “one step at a time” to supporting Spirit’s vision, and was tempted to ignore the Taoist principle that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step”.  The Wisdom of Osho (Bagwan Shree Rashneesh) provided the insights into the confusion that threatened immobility by imparting the wisdom that “the ego divides, striates, separates, intellectualizes, while the heart knows is divine direction”.  I then had to trust that “I don’t know what it will look like, what it will be called, how it will happen, but I EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED BEST.   I am so glad that so many have followed the direction of the Heart, helping the Chapel to move forward by divine directive, even though at times it has seemed to defy human definition.  

As I see this mission being fulfilled in the form of the Takoma Park Chapel, I am heartened that whatever we choose to call it, whatever spiritual or religious affiliations we have, Spirit’s work is being fulfilled here with love, and I continue to expect the unexpected best for the Chapel.   As we move forward as a Chapel, know that the spirit of Love, acceptance, truth, growth, exploration and fellowship will bring to this Chapel the unexpected best, and I ask you to lend your thoughts, intentions, prayers, works and desires to help co-create for YOURSELF and for the Takoma Park Chapel the unexpected best.