As you announce peace with your mouth, make sure that greater peace is in your hearts. . . . For we have been called to heal wounds, to bind up the broken, and to call home any who have lost their way. —Francis of Assisi
Often what we say and what we do are two entirely different things which, as we come to learn, is often as it needs be. More than a few times we've caught ourself...or been caught!...doing the opposite of what we've preached. Our initial reaction is usually embarrassed denial...a reasonable reasoning mind response.
What a surprise to find that this could be a point in our inner turnaround...from reasoning mind to spiritual understanding. Over time and with ever deeper spiritual growth, we come to recognize a higher meaning in everyday living...in our life itself.
We are beginning a reconciled life which is more than just a change of mind, it is the exchange of mind...which lets us be totally present in the moment while holding to our Soul standards.
It's a hard thing to give up, our first understanding of that which we knew in the moment was of God. We must beware not to cling to the Truth as we first perceived it, to the literal message, i.e., the letter of the law. It is our clinging to our own understanding that causes it to transmute into a self-determined objective.
What we don't then fully understand is this exchange of our mind is taking place within us...from our reasoning mind's viewpoint deeper into the raised consciousness of the spiritual.
There is always a deeper meaning to the Truth, a.k.a., Love, than we see in the moment. Just as we have learned that we can never fully know or explain God and the ways of God, so too with Truth or Love for it expands, grows, encompasses all.
There will ever be disagreements and/or misunderstandings. Our continuing education need only be that we can stand firm on our Soul's inner standards without an outward argument. We mentally hug her, kiss him, let them go...and move on.
And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. -- Matthew 10:14
Thank you.
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