The Law of Divine Compensation
When we allow our actions to come from a place of love & compassion we are allowing ourselves to express the language of source. When that action of compassion comes from an empowered place – or – we also love ourselves for the generous giving of compassion or love, then the universe will always, always compensate, it is law. Of course the very act of giving compassion from an empowered place means we give freely without expectation of return, but the Universe loves us back nonetheless. It may not be returned immediately or by the person(s) we gave ours, but it will be returned. There are a few keys to being able to witness this phenomena and I would like to share these with you via a story and some tips. Every day moments afford us the opportunity to enjoy the playful interaction the universe is constantly having with us. At first it may require a conscious slowing down to assist with awareness, but if you are quite a way into your conscious awakening it continues to get easier, even in the midst of busy-ness, as you will see in the story below.
For a more in depth understanding of The Law of Divine Compensation I highly recommend reading Marianne Williamson’s book of the same name. One of many great quotes from that book is: –
“Faith is not just a theological principle; it is a mental and emotional muscle. It is an aspect of consciousness, a function of the mind. With every attitude we demonstrate faith – either faith in what can go wrong or faith in what can go right. Our problem is that we tend to have tremendous faith in the power of our disasters and far to little faith in the power of miracles.
Our faith itself is a potent force: we increase a thing’s power by increasing our belief in it’s power.
Like any muscle, faith grows strong when used and weak when unused. When faith in love and it’s miraculous authority becomes a thought from that guides our thinking, it turns into an extraordinary power that transforms our lives.”
STORY
Looking for a parking space the other day when I was heading to the supermarket for a few things with my son, the spot that I found was snapped up by a lady with her teenage daughter and 2 younger children just ahead of me. As I saw her pulling in I realised the space was big enough for 2 cars anyway. She didn’t quite pull in to the spot completely and her teenage daughter got out to go across the road. So I pulled up alongside her and made my attempt at reverse parking. In the meantime a friend had called me to share some exciting news so she was on the speaker while I was commentating the whole parking job I was undertaking. I managed to get myself into the snug spot and in that moment assumed the woman would move up a little bit in the spot she was in, as there was quite a bit of space available to her in front and it had become obvious she wasn’t staying there anyway. She made no attempt to move into the space in front of her. Squeezed in as we were, still talking over the speaker to my friend I decided to wait the few minutes for the woman’s daughter to come back out when I assumed she would move on. This gave me time to finish up the conversation with my friend. During the time I could see the 2 smaller children in the car in front glaring back at me so worked out there must have been a few negative words being flung my way. Teenage daughter came back and unbelievably the woman decided she needed even more space to get out and proceeded to reverse back even closer to my bumper. I was kind of amazed as we were clearly on totally different wavelengths. I felt it was an easy situation to find a win-win solution, she obviously did not. I did in that moment feel annoyance flaring up, my reptilian brain feeling a little under threat inspiring the anger energy release in my solar plexus. She pulled out, I moved up and got out of the car to go shop. As we crossed the road I looked back to see that there was indeed oodles of room in front of me for another car to come and park, plenty of room for both.
I managed to refrain myself from succumbing to my reptilian brain’s response by clarifying my position to myself. I felt quite secure and grounded in the fact that I had done nothing wrong and that the space was clearly big enough for us both. I managed to find compassion for the woman as she was no doubt stressed out, possibly in a rush and attempting to do something the quick way, that resulted in the hard way, a position I’ve found myself in more than once before. I was able to direct the compassion and forgiveness her way, as well as to myself, which grounded out my anger and kept me present, I was totally conscious of the other details in the present moment, such as getting us safely across the road, and interacting with my son (the best present moment medicine). This assisted me in letting the moment that had just passed go completely.
My son and I entered the supermarket holding hands, grabbed a basket and made to round the corner of the first aisle. In that exact moment a man was coming from the opposite direction and we nearly collided. The man, bless him, backed completely up totally apologetic and allowed us to pass with a kind and accommodating smile. Compensated by his selfless act of giving me the space I needed. I thanked him profusely.
Notes & tips:
Lao Tzu said “To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders” and the best way we can still our minds is through learning and practicing mindfulness. In our busy western lifestyles we are subjected to so much distraction on a daily basis, so practicing mindfulness can be even more of a challenge. However spending time in stillness when we do get the chance allows the mindfulness muscle to be strengthened so that within those times of high exposure & distraction we can return our minds to all that is occurring in the moment, where the universe does indeed surrender with our time-honoured wisdom and wonderful everyday miracles.
When threatened we will always be triggered as it is part of our natural reptilian brain response, or fight/flight. Anger is the emotion that, when honoured & allowed to flow in a healthy way, upholds our boundaries & constructs solutions. Compassion is also a natural response in non-threatening times and will balance anger when we allow the more evolved brain or neo-cortex to kick in via mindfulness (if you would like a deeper understanding of our intrinsic anger & compassion please see my previous blog titled “Theory: We were born with anger, it’s what you do with it that matters”).
When we have faith in the abundance of the universe we open ourselves up to experience it in so many different ways. We carry that faith with us in our mindful moments and we are open to the never ending receiving that is flowing our way. One of the best ways we can demonstrate that faith is to practice daily gratitude, another muscle that strengthens with regular use.
Power of affirmation. I always affirm that I am receiving and the universe never ceases proving me right. When we remove limits on how we are receiving we open ourselves to see in just how many wonderful ways we do receive every day.
