So, what can you do in the meantime to avoid depression? Get outside of yourself and give of yourself to others as regularly as possible is one answer. When even hobbies have lost their appeal, you can always at least get away from the TV and out of the house to find people needing help somehow. You can be there to be their "right place" helping them get through their own time of waiting for their hope to be fulfilled - everybody is either in their "place" or they are waiting for that "place" to arrive. Helping people get out of their routines may help you be in "place" in odd ways, temporarily and short-lived experiences of being in the perfect place as you help others arrive in their own "place" where they will recognize their time and place have appeared, and you have helped them to get there. Of course, once this mission is accomplished, you will still be awaiting your own fulfillment, and hope is the drive and vision that keeps you seeking such a time. Always nurture hope this way. Always nurture hope!
But some manifestations, particularly those not involving groups of people or becoming part of a "movement", take place instantaneously, miraculously, and seem very much like magical occurrences in response to our needs, wishes, desires and choices. The "Three Dollar Bills" story of mine, the "Green Lights to Soho" story and similar parking-space stories, and others are examples of miracle-like manifestations of the universe in response to need or choices. These are fine examples of the universe at work doing our bidding after the manner of "ask and ye shall receive", but they cannot work where other people are involved, for then it deteriorates into manipulation of others, which always, always, always deteriorates the relationship between people and their spiritual connectivity with one another. Still, it is important to note the manner in which such "miracles" occur and the ease one can confidently take in manifesting such miracles. Such confidence waxes and wanes, and benefits from being around other people who also experience miracles and firmly believe in people’s ability to manifest such things universally.
I have, throughout my life, traveled the strenuous path of self differentiation - the intrinsic causes being my own inner spiritual drives, choices, quests for knowledge and experience, and the quest ultimately for wisdom. This has led me to accumulate a great store of knowledge and experiences. I have hidden this aspect of myself from view in the interest of humility, but eventually the time comes when humility surpasses its bounds and becomes no longer useful for others, and one must instead insist upon respect and acknowledgement in recognition of what is available to offer in order to help others. Yet the first tenant of wisdom is that even the wisest of people is no better than any other, and in fact, the first wisdom acquired is that of recognizing one’s own self as being as the servant of all others.
This sort of wisdom of self differentiation with compassion towards all other beings is the strongest place for producing results that are in harmony with both oneself and with all other beings, but it seems to take some time for such a harmonious engagement to take place that satisfies all of the criteria. Yet, for such outcomes, patience is worthwhile. Hopefully, those awaiting such outcomes will avoid depression by holding that thought in their minds, keeping their hope aligned with the confidence that they WILL manifest the reality they desire, in accord with the harmony of becoming, and then being, attuned with all other beings. This has to take time, so give it the time it needs, and wait. There is so much truth to the adage, "All things come to them who wait!" Have patience, wait it out, keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities, and keep moving till you’ve moved into that "right place!" You will know when you have arrived there with clear and utter certainty!
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