Look For The Hand of Love

Look for the hand of love whenever something is taken away.
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian

The teachings of yoga tell us  that there is a divine power for good that guides the universe and that we can learn to cooperate with it. When we experience a loss, it can be useful to put this loss into a broader context and open ourselves up to what can be possible. I have learned I can ask the question: is my short sighted ego assuming the change is one of loss or is the universe is merely making way for something better that is not yet obvious? As a young man I didn't do well in the professions that I thought I wanted to be in. In order to make ends meet, I took a job selling computer accessories at a Radio Shack store. One day a customer came in to buy ten floppy disks and my life was changed forever. He and I got to talking and within a week he hired me as a computer consultant in the company he ran and I was on the way to a fascinating career in high tech. Our meditation practice helps us quiet the mind and be open to the myriad positive possibilities that life can present, even when we feel that something is taken away from us.