From the Soul's perspective, from that place of Oneness, the thought that everything is exactly as it should be is completely true. You could nitpick about the "should", as the whole concept of "should" is rooted in the mind's judgments, but since we're talking about the Soul's perspective I won't get into that yet. To the Soul, everything is divine perfection, not a single atom is out of place. Everything comes and goes at the precise moment it is "meant to".

That's the Soul's perspective, but most human beings on Earth don't operate from the Soul's perspective. They operate from the mind's perspective, which is a totally backwards way of looking at things compared to the Soul. To the mind, "everything is exactly as it should be", is never really true. If everything is as it should be, there would be no use for desire, and without the energy of desire, which is what feeds the mind, the mind would fall away.

Trying to understand things through the mind turns universal truths into spiritual platitudes. The mind takes "everything is exactly as it should be" and turns it into a belief system. Despite it never really being true for the mind, the mind can hold contradictory beliefs, which is a big part of why living from the mind inevitably results in suffering.

If your house is burning down, you don't sit down and tell yourself "everything is exactly as it should be". Instead you'd get out of the house, correct? Yet I've seen people whose lives are a mess because of their own choices use the belief that "everything is exactly as it should be" as an excuse for inaction. Like the Universe has some external plan for everyone, and your personal choices are meaningless. I guarantee that's not the Universe's plan for you, and I guarantee you are not separate from the Universe.

The Universe operates precisely as it's "supposed" to, that's what is meant by "everything is exactly as it should be". If you send out negative and fearful thoughts, you are creating those things for yourself. That's simply the way things work, and you have input into this process, either consciously or unconsciously. If you're creating unconsciously, as most people do, then you can really screw yourself up believing "everything is exactly as it should be". You are the creator of your life, you make up the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts" for yourself. If you don't like the way your life is CHANGE! Don't just sit there and believe it's the way things "should be". Creation works far better for you when you're an active participant.

 

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