Having the goal of living the Sermon is all well and good, but we must accept that the biggest block to actually doing it, actually living the Sermon, is, of course, our ego.
We are asked to agree with our adversary quickly. To agree with our adversary quickly can give our adversary a reason to believe s/he is right...and our ego writhes. To turn the other cheek is to be thought a wuss in the extreme...and our ego agonizes.
Until we are freed from following our ego's dictates, accepting, or course, we will never be free from our ego's squawks, our ego will always try to make an end-run around our spiritual needs. In being thought wrong or being thought a wuss by X, we go to Y and explain our deep spiritual intention, knowing Y will tell X, and, if X has a brain, s/he will be shamed, envious and sorry. There is no spiritual growth there...there is only another reason why "tell no wo/man" is essential.
Therein, however, lies the gold. This is the impetus we need to keep us focused on becoming fully God conscious. Our own thinking is here in the material world; God is in a higher place deeper within us, without us. It is in our denial of our ego-victory wants that God fulfills our every need.
Thank You.
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