The Three "R's": One of Life's Great Mysteries

In my life time I have had numerous exciting experiences, some with life and death implications and I learned a great deal from them. But one that stands out in my mind as a remarkable experience and mystery happened in 1975. After a "mysterious event" occurs and you stop and reflect on it, it seems simple, but even until this day it is still tough to live by the principle I am about to mention. However, it does wonders.

In that year I had been in business for only three years and money was very tight. In spite of the lack of money, I longed for a nice comfortable home for my wife and four sons. We had been renting and moving around for quite some time and now it was time to settle down and give our sons a good home.

I knew we were out looking at homes prematurely, because we had no money for down payment. I felt it wise to save our money and get my credit rating in order. Each time we went out to look, I observed the agony and disappointment in my wife's face.

One Saturday we went to this brand new housing development to look at the new homes and we came across one that my wife really loved. It grieved me to see the excitement on her face, knowing I had no means of fulfilling her dream of home ownership. I simply could not bear it anymore and on the following Sunday afternoon I made a decision. I said to myself I will not put my wife through this anymore; enough is enough. We will not go looking at homes until we have the money to buy one.

On Monday, before noon the Realtor who had been showing us homes called to inform me that she had observed how badly we wanted a home, so she talked with her boss, the builder, about our situation. This builder had been taking a few homes as trade-ins and the inventory was getting rather large. Her next words floored me as she said,"My builder cannot let you have the new home you have been looking at but we do have an identical home that is only three years old over on another street." She continued with more amazing words: "He says if you can come up with $2500.00 he will carry the mortgage for eighteen months until you can get your affairs in order." I rushed out to see the home being offered and it was immaculate and, indeed, the exact same floor plan.

Even though I knew I was "maxed" out on my line of credit, I rushed to my bank to tell the president the good news and ask for an exception. First he reminded me that I was at the limit but because of my story he would make an exception. By the close of business on that Monday the Builder had received my deposit and all was clear to move into our wonderful home in three weeks.

In three weeks we moved into that home and there we raised our four sons in comfort and style. Three of the four went off to college from that home as we enjoyed ten glorious years there.

So what is the lesson? In our culture we tend to look in one direction for answers to our problems and our goals. Personally, I thought at the time that money was the answer to nearly every need. I certainly had no idea that builders took homes in trade. Most of us being unaware of the infinite possibilities of our great Universal Mind we tend to seek answers to our goals and problems on a conscious level based on what we know, when, at the same time, our Universal Mind has an infinite number of ways of leading us to achieve our goals and solving our problems. While our conscious minds are rigidly focused on the one way we know, we fail to open ourselves to limitless other possibilities. I refer to them as 360 degree possibilities because they are all around us. Answers are all around us and if we would do three simple things, Relax and Release, we would Receive (The Three "R's). We would experience many more wonders in our lives.

On that Sunday when I thought I was giving up, I was actually relaxing and releasing. The next day I received. I have done this many times since and it works each time I have the presence of mind to let it work. I hasten to point out, however, that it does not always happen as rapidly as on this ocassion. Moreover, there are times when we receive instructions to perform certain acts to achieve what we seek, but even then it works in wondrous ways.

We are awash in an ocean of possibilities, yet we are in that ocean hanging on to an old worn out raft that is no longer useful and is getting us nowhere. My swimming instructor used to tell me to relax and let the water carry me. That was just as difficult but I know it works. Relax in the ocean of possibilities and let the tides of good fortune carry you to your destiny, sometimes stroking and sometimes riding the waves.

My mother often used a biblical quote: "The Lord works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform." In the current language I would say, Universal Mind has as many wonders for us as we can handle but to most of us it is mysterious. For Universal Mind, its just another day at the office, if we would Relax, Release, we will Receive.

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January 07, 2008