He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. -- Meister Eckhart
I'm about half way convinced that all our natural woes come from attachment to our own opinion; i.e., our refusal to believe that the other person has a different point to make. We hear...in fact, it is a well-known adage...that there are two sides to every story. Our ego...my Lucy...will allow that to be of import only when she is pushing her side. To her, there may be two sides but the other side is wrong...why listen to wrong? End of discussion.
There it is: The impetus, cleverly disguised, to seek still more spiritual growth. It is a tish lowering to admit that my spiritual growth starts and ends with "get over yourself." That's detachment plain and simple. Obviously too simple for Lucy, but God has already given me the quiet word that Lucy is mine to corral. I must needs remember that "mine to corral" means using his tools, his thoughts, his Steps to freedom.
He gave me the best tool when I got that all my problems could be solved by spiritual principles. Then came the short form of that...love and laugh. After which he gave Lucy her name. Then he gave me leave to laugh with him at her never-ending antics to get over on him.
Even as I write, I realize all of that is detachment. All my problems can be solved not by my thinking about them, worrying, pondering...nurturing them in fact...but by doing, as in giving over, ceding my vaunted power, agreeing with my adversary quickly. There's where our mind-power comes in...just think "don't hit him, hug him." Maybe the best that'll get us is a grin at our own self...but isn't that heading in the right direction?
She who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. -- Meister Eckhart
Thank you.
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