LOVE IS LETTING GO OF FEAR

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. . . . Such wo/men not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind. -- Philo (from Eknath Easwaran, "Word to Live By," April 18)

It occurs to me that Philo's advice toward free minds and Diogenes' search for an honest man spell out the difference between seeking to find peace from within (Philo) and seeking to solve the problem from without (Diogenes).

The answer is akin to the proverb, "Physician, heal thyself," which pretty much covers all bases. And all bases is not just the mindset behind the thought of Philo or of Diogenes, but our mindset, our tendency to accept or reject without thought, on sight.

Which leads me to Matthew 6:22-23, The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light....If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 

I view that as our sound eye interprets with God's mirror-imagery (my idea of bad is God's blessing in disguise) not by Lucy With The Football's imagery (I want equals I need).

If our eye is not sound, we see and interpret through our want-to will or our egoic mind. It is that unsound seeing, no matter the days or years seeking spiritual growth, that causes our unsound interpretations. It is they that cause our bumps, bruises, stumbles and falls, a.k.a., our rues, regrets and remorses.

Ah, but leaning on our learning to see through God's eyes, those remorses are our blessing for they turn us to God quick, fast and in a hurry. Only fear turns us there faster, and what else is a regret but fear? 

Still leaning on our learning, we know fear is God in camouflage, so we pray our thank you and walk free.

Love is letting go of fear...to quote a cheap self-realization book from years ago, and don't tell me God didn't have a hand in it.

Thank you.