Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition. -- Artur Rubinstein
We learn, slowly, slowly, that it is better to make a mistake than to continue on a self-determined path to nowhere...nowhere being away from God.
At one time. when we found ourself in a quandary, the best advice we got was do something about something. Then the advice was "improved" and became do the next right thing. Ah, with that one word, right, our ego took over.
It is a hard lesson learning that ego is the condition, the condition that sets our happiness. Too late we remember that ego always legislates for self and that determines...or in fact limits...our happiness.
Our mentor's words echo in our mind, the very words we originally rejected: It is better to make a mistake than to continue on a self-determined path to nowhere. We rejected those words because...that doesn't make sense! Once again, slowly, slowly...we remember that spiritual truth rarely makes reasoning-mind sense.
Whoever, on first read, thought resist not evil was a good idea? Or, with no spiritual want-to, who this very day thinks it is a good idea. It probably isn't off the top...it is go beyond reason to love that clarifies its truth.
If we stay in our reasoning mind, all we'll get is reasoning mind answers...and it was our reasoning mind that got us in a quandary to begin with.
The best part of the Rubinstein quote: Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
Thank you.
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