A CROCK OF GOLD

According to me, we have but one rock-bottom need and that is to live opposite of the way our reasoning mind runs. There is the Divine Paradox. That is the secret of a mind at peace.

It also describes the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon basically goes against our reasoning mind's dictates: If someone steals your coat, run after them and give them your cloak; if someone slaps you upside your head, turn the other cheek; agree with your adversary quickly; resist not evil...whose reasoning mind even agrees with that when first it's heard, much less would originate such? Clearly a person who had found the Source within and lived there.

The great gettin' up, sing hallelujah news is when we realize that if one has done it, it is possible for another...for us even! It all starts with that reasoning mind...training, disciplining our own thoughts, taming our attack mind...accepting that we have to lose in order to win. In short, we change our mind.

Even with a changed mind, we cannot get there on our own...for our own will return us to our reasoning mind every time. It all starts with the realization of that Source within us...that we can and must trust that Source to do right by us, not by our lights but by Its. This is called "Hold your nose and take a leap of faith." This is our first proof of trust in other than our reasoning mind.

Here's what I'm learning right this very minute: When, not if, the Shineola comes to us, trust that it is only Shineola, and that is all. That is also hard. The hardest part being simply our ability to trust our Source, and not our reasoning mind.

Once we accept that our Source is pure goodness thus can only bring good, the Shineola becomes our gold. Ah...there's our pearl beyond price.

Thank you.