GETTING PASSED THE TEMPTATION

We must take care not to judge radical thinking…right, left, middle…for as that thinking is expressed to us, we ourselves become the interpreters of that which we are hearing.

With that said, we back up and realize that we must take care not to judge…for we are the source of our judgments. All that comes to us enters our thinking mind, is interpreted by us, and is either accepted (not resisted) or rejected (resisted) by us.

If it is accepted (not resisted), it either settles in, becoming our own and bringing us comfort, or it passes on leaving not a trace behind.

If it is rejected (resisted), it settles in and becomes a burr, irritating, agitating, something that begins to do our thinking for us until we determine we must set it right.

Our own resistance says that the only way to set it right is to take it to the one who first sent it out…rather than simply change our mind about it. Which in no way means we all the sudden marry up with that which we cannot abide…it means we give it back, with blessings, to the person we picked it up from. We can do this without fanfare, without explanation, without words…without our own spin in other words. We can do it by humbly asking God to bless the person and to change us.

The thought or expression of our agitation does not need be mentioned…God knows already. And, if we mention it, we’ll just start justifying to God why He needs to change the other and bless us. Resistance works that way…it’s like picking up mud and slinging it in our own face.

The beauty of non-resistance is that it leaves no footprints. If it fits, we wear it without thought. Someone somewhere benefits without our ever consciously knowing about it, and we are blessed without effort.

No matter how bizarre, ugly, disgusting…wrong…something sounds to our  reasoning mind, all we need remember is that it is our own interpretation that is irritating us. It’s like trying on a dress…if it’s puce and brown and out of style into the bargain, why try it on in the first place? If it’s stunningly beautiful and a size 2 or a 52, why try it on in the first place? 

A conscious, “No, thank you,” gets our “thank you” in there, and gets us passed the temptation…and on to peace.

Thank You.