ON SHARING OUR SPIRITUAL CONNECTION

If we don't live by spiritual standards, we must live by self-will.

That thought flashed and the problem with it came right behind...the problem being that we tend to take our own interpretation of spiritual standards as our guide. Yet, it seems that every other time I reread the Sermon, which is the basis for my set of spiritual standards, I am given a new slant, a deeper point of view about that which is written.

Is it pretty much mandatory that we accept that we'll only ever have our own idea of what is right? And if that be the case, then it seems to me to follow that we must be willing to conform to others' ideas, to well-recognized spiritual leaders' experience and teachings. Otherwise, we're just going it alone in spiritual matters which is warned against by every spiritual director worthy of the title.

I must admit, I love my conclusion to my meanderings...my conclusion being we need each other. We need to be willing to share our inner glimmers with others. That's how we get those in our life with whom we know the spiritual kinship of connection.

We need each other in order to build and maintain our spiritual connection.

All that boils down to is people need people. There's a song about that which is much prettier, not to mention clearer, but hey...that's just me sharing my inner glimmers.

Thank you.