When You Imagine for Another

Most students of the Law begin selfishly. There is nothing wrong with that. We come to this work because something in our own life is hurting. We imagine the new car, the new lover, the new health, the new bank balance. The work is the work, and the Law does not care why you started.

But there comes a point in the practice when you realize you can do this for others. You can sit quietly and assume that your mother is at peace. You can imagine your difficult colleague treating you well. You can hold a friend in your inner sight as already healed, already restored, already free.

Neville called this assuming for another. It is one of the most generous things a human being can do, and it is invisible. No one will ever know. The person you are holding in this inner state will never thank you. You will simply notice, over time, that things between you and them have changed.

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When you assume the best for another, you do not interfere with their freedom. You simply remove your contribution to their bondage.

Today, pick one person in your life who is suffering. Do not try to fix their situation. Do not call them with advice. Sit, briefly, and imagine a single scene that would mean their suffering had eased. A laugh they have not had in months. A doctor’s good news. A quiet evening. Feel it as if it had happened.

Then let them go. They are not your project. They are a soul, like you, who you have just blessed in the deepest way you can.

Love, at its quietest, is this. With Love,

Dr. Athena ❤️