LET...LET GO...LET GO AND BE

A word of helpful advice was given to me at my first spiritual retreat. Words of truth were being spoken, as in, "He goes before me to make the crooked places straight," which I loved. So I told my mentor there that I would use that as my mantra. She cautioned me that truth must be proven. If we don't prove it, it's just so many words.

I am grateful that I knew on the hearing that that was true.

My next question was how? How do I prove truth? And wouldn't you know, in my God Calling that very day was the sentence: "My disciples must work out their own salvation [truth is proven through my efforts] though this is not possible without My Strength and Help, and without converse with Me." [My reasoning mind is not going to get me there...turn again to the Father within.]

Later that same day, I was led to the sentence in my Easwaran daily reader (that I am drawn to and repelled by at the same time): "If you curse him, he will bless you; if you harm her, she will serve you; and if you exploit him, he will become your benefactor."

There. That is how we begin in the proving of truth...to be led out of our own solutions, our goal must become for the care and feeding of others.

Let's face it, there is no way we can consistently fake the Easwaran way. Through sheer self-will, if I am cursed, I can bless you, if I am harmed, I can serve you, and if I am exploited, I can become your benefactor...once. But you will rue the day eventually...then I will rue the day forever after.

That is the nature of self-determined objectives, a.k.a., ego-victories...they are under the rule of karma. Our every action will bring us our just reward and our just punishment.

So our goal must be to honestly turn self out...sincerely seek to do for others. And it is a good thing if we know we're a million years away from there...the closer we think we are, the farther away we take ourselves by the very thought. That is true only because the very thought proves we're still believing that we're in control. We're not, God is...and He can lift us there in an instant.

Let Him.

Thank You.