We must go beyond reason to love. -- "The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment," Thaddeus Golas
That quote is a favorite of mine. It gives me permission...permission I need if I am ever going to take nothing personally...to stop before I start mentally justifying my desire to respond in kind.
To "go beyond reason" is to learn the art of subtraction. Quoting the mystic, Meister Eckhart, God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction. The art of subtraction, then, is to release my want to justify my self, to win, to get over on, etc.
Interestingly, the idea just flashed re going beyond reason to love...love is what is beyond reason...love is not reasonable...to stay in the reasoning mind is to miss the miracle of love. (Enough. I think my reasoning mind just kicked in.)
Actually, it can probably all be boiled down to, just don't be as nasty as you want to be... thank you, Henry Mitchell.
Thank you.
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