If standing up for ourself; i.e., making ourself heard, "taking nobody's lip," is our goal, we are heading in the wrong direction. We are moving away from still more spiritual growth for it is a rational-world guarantee that means we are pretty much just learning to respond in kind to the world we live in. When we respond in kind, we invite the other to respond in kind.
Still more spiritual growth is but one goal...to rise above deeper than the reasoning mind.
As Easwaran noted, "Everyone is trying...to get the real treasures of life...contributing to the happiness of all." I'll add that "everyone is trying" whether they realize it or not.
It is fairly sobering to realize that the only thing standing between us and the God of our own understanding is our reasoning mind. Our thoughts.
It is awesome when we realize that making spiritual thoughts our own by our living them is the only disciplining our mind needs. Imagine...whenever we perceive a glitch, in particular that feeling of imminent personal loss (of face usually), if we just move God's resist not in front of our NO!, God is on the field, has already protected us and the other. We are cleared and so are they.
The length of time this takes to trust absolutely is measured by how long it takes us to willingly divorce ourself from reliance on the reasoning mind. It is essential...and hard to comprehend...that our willingness includes realizing that this is not day-in-day-out permanent. There...that is the fail-safe!
When, not if, our mind and/or mouth goes off track, we pray our thank you, admit our foul-ball behavior, and get back to the better way...not relying on our reasoning mind.
We must go beyond reason to love.
Thank you.
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