"[W]isdom is hidden by selfish desires." -- Bhagavad Gita (as quoted
by Eknath Easwaran in his Words
to Live By)
Change that ever so slightly to "God's will is hidden
by self-determined objectives," and we have the map for our path to peace;
namely, detach from our wants, open to our needs, walk free.
That is another one of those "easy to say"
things...the fact is that our reasoning mind will nearly always oppose our
God-determined needs, and our self-determined needs are nearly always wants
that serve us...who cares if anyone else is served?
To our reasoning mind, it's a bummer that the only way to be
served properly and completely is by first serving others...consciously,
unconsciously, subconsciously. That's the first, last and always cause that
requires us to go beyond reason...to love.
"Others" is the skeleton key that opens all our
resisting doors. Because, of course, if serving others first is our conscious
desire, we are not, cannot be, thinking of self.
The paradox: The ego cries, "But what about me? When
will I get?" And our Soul murmurs, "Finally. I am free...I know it
and I show it."
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