So last week we began a two-part series on what I'm calling trusting our natural goodness.

And the inquiry really is what would our life be like for each of us if we had a deeper

trust in a sense of basic goodness within us.

That's the inquiry and I began last week with one of the, I think, very kind of profound

offerings from Albert Einstein, which was he said the most important question that any

of us could ever ask is, is this universe a friendly place?

Is this universe a friendly place?

And it's interesting because if you think about it, if our perception is no, it's unfriendly,

it's dangerous, there's some badness, then you start sensing what happens in our body

and our mind if that's our experience.

And that's the cause of a kind of perpetual fight, flight reactivity.

We get tense and defended and we move through the day as if something bad is around the

corner.

So that's the perception if it's unfriendly.

And so our lives are organized around aggression and defense.

And you can see that Albert Einstein said if that's our perception, it amounts to walls

and weapons.

And you can see it in a societal way that if there's a perception of there's not basic

goodness in us or in other people, if there's mistrust, where do we put our energy and our

money?

It's into drones and military aggression.

And in contrast, if the world is a friendly place, if there's a basic potential within

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