One block to acceptance is the self-satisfaction that comes to us when, on being falsely accused, we know we have back-up that will prove the accuser wrong.
Ego's glorious danger is getting stuck in the feeling of actual joy that we can shame her, make him sorry, or (our self's deepest dread) publicly humiliate them.
The ultimate and hard-to-learn-but-do-it lesson comes by way of practicing daily becoming unto being so attuned to our spiritual center, to God, that no thought of payback enters our mind. (This I am learning to accept by believing or to believe by accepting.)
But first, our spiritual lesson is all about accepting the need to let go of our desire either for glory or to punish. This is what the Sermon is all about which explains why it is as a foreign language when we begin our study of it; e.g., if someone slaps you upside your head, turn the other cheek. (Initial reasoning mind reaction: I do not think so. Long-sought spiritual response: Thank you.)
We come again to our spiritual path: We must go beyond reason to love. We must needs recognize many times over that love is God...we must go beyond reason to God.
Comes the dawning: Our reasoning mind is changed when we stop trying for reason and let go, accepting that our mind has been exchanged.
We have come to believe that God can and will intervene in our life in our behalf.
Thank you.
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