The Cosmic Pep Talk

A friend was feeling pretty down tonight about her prospects for ever finding a good Master.

I talked to her about it some . . . and gave her the Cosmic Pep Talk.

Which goes, more or less, like this: (short form)

1. There is an underlying principle to the universe.
2. That principle is "stuff happens."
3. That being the case, when things romantic blow up . . .
4. It's no one's fault.
5. And if it's no one's fault, there's nothing really to feel bad about.
6. Espescially there's no reason to feel bad about one's self, given #5.
7. Now, everything does happen for a reason, but:
8. That reason is unknowable.
9. Given that, don't obsess. Feel what you feel . . . even wallow in it for a day or two, if need be. But don't obsess on the unknowable.
9A. Ask yourslef, honestly. Two weeks from now, is this going to feel as bad?
9B. Given that you know it won't -- pretend it's two weeks from now.
10. If you think you see a pattern . . . that's a phantom reflection of that unknowable order, and not nearly of the consequence that we in our obsessive natures that we think it is.

Upshot is . . . she feels better. Don't sell the Cosmic Pep Talk short.

Good crowd in the room tonight . . duty calls . . . byeeeeee for now . . .