THE COMFORT OF UNSELF-CONCERN

I have heard it said that wisdom is simply knowing God's will.

It seems to me there is no universal knowing of God's will...where all the world agrees that Such-and-Such is God's will. All the world can't even agree that Such-and-Such is God.

There is a personal knowing of God's will, as spoken to us internally, through our conscience. If we haven't done a fair amount of work on our internal life, our conscience is undeveloped and still based in ego where "I want" rules, dressed up as "I need."

One really must work hard to have utterly no internal compass of right and wrong. The hard part is in caring whether our actions are right, good, for others or wrong, not good, for self.

By not caring, we stay in the world of the ego-victory. The daily fight to protect self, get over on others, get our rewards according to our wants...in other words, get ours whether we deserve ours or not. This is also the way of stress, ulcers, paranoia and bad backs.

By caring, we are turned within by grace to the Source, consisting of all the good that is or has ever been or will ever be, from which we build a loving conscience...daily. The end result is for the comfort of others which brings us the comfort of unself-concern, the pearl beyond price.

Thank You.