All that is Good

This morning I dreamed I bought a home in the city.

It was a beautiful, three-story townhouse with a side wall of glass that was right up against the ocean.

I had the most beautiful views.

Everywhere I looked in the home was more beautiful than the last place I looked.

But I wasn't happy. I was waiting to find out what was wrong. How having purchased this home was a mistake.

I went into the shower and noticed it needed to be changed. Something that I hadn't bothered to check before I'd bought the home.

I found a few other small things that needed fixing.

I knew the things that needed to be fixed were all doable and wouldn't cost nearly enough to make the purchase of the home a mistake.

I'd bought it for $115,000. But now I was regretting that I hadn't bothered to negotiate a lower price. I thought, If I'd known about these fixes that need to be made, I would've offered $111,000.

I was surrounded by unfathomable beauty. All this was mine for practically nothing. But I wasn't happy because I kept focusing on the small, unimportant imperfections.

It was the same message I'd gotten in a recent meditation. Something was on my mind and I wanted answers. So before I began to meditate, I asked Sivananda to weigh in on the issue I was concerned with.

The message he gave me is, life is beautiful.

What I understood is, maybe the issue that bothers me exists, but I don't need to align my awareness with that. 

Instead, I can focus on all that is good and amazing.