11 June 2019 — WHETHER THE WEATHER

Barbara Thorne: The Point of Power is Now

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Jun 11, 2019

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‘Whether the weather be fine, Or whether the weather be hot, Whether the weather be cold, Or whether the weather be not,

We’ll weather the weather, Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not.’ (Children’s Nursery Rhyme)

Windy and wet again today and forecast to last until Friday. THE POINT OF POWER is only OURS if we accept what the day brings, dress accordingly and see the beauty around us, such as the trees ‘dancing’ in the wind! AND thereby ‘weather the weather’. Today I was talking to some Spanish people who were comparing England’s ‘Green and Pleasant Land’ with the aridity of their homeland. But many English people choose to live in Spain simply for the climate and if one takes care to protect one’s skin so that it doesn’t burn, exposure to sunlight can be positive by providing vitamin d.

‘Weathering the weather’ is the only choice we have, if we are to know inner peace and make the Point of Power Ours in the moment. Indeed, I believe that there is a sense where we can see the cry to ‘WEATHER THE WEATHER WHATEVER THE WHETHER’ as exhorting us to ‘love ourselves warts and all’ by accepting whatever is happening in the moment whether we are being soaked by the rain, blown about by the wind, burnt by the sun. It might feel unpleasant and cause us discomfort and extra work drying off our clothes etc but it is certainly not a big deal. We are all perfectly capable of dealing with the inconvenience of the vagaries of the weather.

The last word I will give to His Holiness, the X1Vth Dalai Lama :

THE TRUE MEANING OF PEACE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN MAINTAINING PEACE WITHIN ONESELF IN THE FACE OF ANY DIFFICULTY IS ONE’S MENTAL ATTITUDE. IF IT IS DISTORTED BY SUCH FEELINGS AS ANGER, ATTACHMENT OR JEALOUSY THEN EVEN THE MOST COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL BRING ONE NO PEACE.

ON THE OTHER HAD, IF ONE’S ATTITUDE IS GENERALLY CALM AND GENTLE THEN EVEN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON ONE’S OWN MENTAL ATTITUDE. iT IS WORTHWHILE ADAPTING MEANS TO DEVELOP IT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

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