There is something powerful about recognizing the divinity in all beings. It has an effect on personal well-being that I hadn’t imagined. After reading the book “The game of life and how to play it ” by Florence Scovel Shinn I tried some of the suggestions on how to go about the day. By far the technique that had the most powerful effect is recognizing the divinity in all beings.

For the last three days I have been putting this technique into practice and am finding that I feel more calm and less irritated than I have ever felt. I hadn’t imagined that something so simple, just one single thought could be so powerful in helping one’s well-being.

Adapting the following paragraph from the book

Then I told her of a brotherhood in India, who never said, “Good morning” to each other. They used these words “I salute the Divinity in you.” They saluted the divinity in every man, and in the wild animals in the jungle, and they were never harmed, for they see only God in ever living thing.

as I meet people throughout the day I say silently “I recognize and salute the divinity in you an wish you love and good will.”

Try this in you daily life and see how you feel. Every person you see and cross paths with say these words silently. You don’t have to limit yourself to only people, recognize all living things including animals, plants and even none living things as it is all part of God’s creation.

I’ve long realized that everything is connected, I’ve even had realizations that everything is one but it’s difficult to keep this understanding in the forefront of thought as you navigate your daily life. Using this technique certainly helps keep that realization throughout each day.