We must make a conscious transition from dependence on the visible and tangible to a radical and complete reliance on the Invisible.... (Joel Goldsmith, "Heart of Mysticism," at p. 908)
Taking oneself too seriously is the tie, the pipeline, to the reasoning mind. To believe that there is a self to be acted upon at all is taking oneself too seriously.
To turn the too seriously into laughter is the key...the key to seeing through the serious dark matter of self to the freeing light transparency of Spirit.
There will always be a sense of the material world within us and to fight that is to nurture it. By resisting it, we give our whole attention to it thus withdrawing our attention from the Spirit world within us of love and laughter.
We learn to welcome it when our material sense slips in, taking us unaware, and in a heartbeat we're feeling hurt, angry, afraid. We learn to hug it, to kiss it on the lips and to let it go remembering, say, FDR's "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
That is turning our wandering thoughts back to God...that is all, for that is all.
Thank you.
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