Life On This Planet requires water. Weather, an atmospheric phenomenon, is what lifts it from oceans and distributes it over the earth's surface. Life flourishes. Flowers bloom. Forests green. Animals and humans prosper. And the weather contributing to all this expresses a spiritual fact: God, who is divine Principle, governs the universe through law. This divine law maintains supply and demand in perfect balance. It bars excess or extremity. It bans deficiency or damage. It preserves a harmonious equilibrium. As we gain the consciousness of God's perfect law of supply and demand, we see more evidence of it in weather conditions that are productive, not destructive.
That's where prayer comes in. It brings us into accord with the divine consciousness, with the one Mind, which calms and heals. Can prayer, almost unnoticeable in its quietude, really affect big-as-the-sky phenomena like weather? Absolutely. Prayer tends to silence the mental din, pounding like hail on a tin roof, that would prevent us from hearing the voice of divine harmony. Then we discern holy things from God worth contemplating. For instance, through quieting of the carnal mind's limiting, materialistic impressions of life, we're able to see that God is in complete control of His creation and that His creation is actually spiritual, totally concordant. We perceive that under His law of perfect harmony, apparently contrasting elements, such as stillness and action, coexist. Neither overclouds the other. Both are needed, and they're not in conflict. This perception of what's really going on in God's creation helps bring that reality into human view, into concrete expression.
How can we help
quiet emotional
whirlwinds?
