We each must find our own voice. If we are just quoting the words of another...another person, book, bible...we are living by rote. That is not the path to happy, joyous and free; that is the path to self that paves the way to more self...that is the freeway of the ego. (And isn't "freeway" just another oxymoron?)
The paradox, of course, is that we must find our own mentor(s), author(s), speaker(s), mystic(s) to whom we give our self in trust...to lead us quite simply in changing our mind. From her experience, his strength, their hope we fashion our own and grow from ego-based to spiritually based.
Since we all know that truly there is nothing new under the sun, we must accept that unless and until we find our own, we will never realize our father within. We can quote him, we can preach him, we can teach others about him, but we will not gut-bucket know him. And peace in the midst of turmoil (my definition of serenity) will not be ours.
I found my peace when I realized that nothing I say is original to me...I just say it as I have experienced it, and it comes out my own. It is from our own experience that we...and our words...are made new. We have found the rock upon which to build the house of our father who lives within.
Thank you.
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