The reasoning mind is the greatest enemy of attaining higher consciousness, according to me. Those who rely solely on their reasoning mind cannot or will not let go of it as their safety net. If the mind cannot reason it out, think harder, seems to be the solution.
I am a believer that all of our problems can be solved by spiritual principles, and that spiritual principles cannot be fully processed by the reasoning mind. There is always that place we come to, the depth and breadth of which is unknown to us, where we must hold our nose and take a leap of faith.
This is where we arrive at the realization that the path to deeper spiritual growth is in our becoming unselfed. It has been said that a higher consciousness evolves through unselfed living, giving and sharing. The reasoning mind, with ego as its leader, will balk at that every time.
The paradox is that the reasoning mind is our channel to still more spiritual growth. That is where self-discipline pays off. It is through our willingness to chance God's will being better than our self-will that we place our reasoning mind second in line. To turn our reasoning mind over to the care of God is to open ourselves...body, brains and soul...to a living without a net.
This is living in the now, in this very moment, where the reasoning mind is, but has no place to wander off to. It is stilled...we are unselfed, at last.
Thank You.
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