To start with one's ego identity and to try to bring that identity to terms with external reality by thinking, and then, having worked out practical principles, to act on reality from one privileged autonomous position--in order to bring it into line with an absolute good we have arrived at by thought: this is the way we become irresponsible. -- Thomas Merton
This is truth. I know that it is true from my own experience. My ah-ha moment was when I recognized it as Merton's experience, too. I'm guessing.
Knowing little about the man Merton other than he is today acknowledged as an authentic mystic, I suspect he had to walk through all the human-mind experiences that we are needing and walking through to get to God revealed.
According to me, that is the how-to for shucking our shields. Knowing no other way, we live what we know...until what we know is that our thinking isn't working for us anymore.
In effect, we crash and burn in the trying to think ourself clear. Finally, we are at the start-gate of raised consciousness...we are about to begin our climb deeper.
This is when all the give over, give up, give in of the Sermon becomes reality...as in, agree with your adversary quickly and turn the other cheek and resist not evil...all the ethereal (too perfect for this world) becomes literal. We realize if thinking along with talking got us free from self, we'd long since be there...it is trudging the road that sets us free.
In today's world, that is known as when the rubber meets the road. In our world, it is known as, we must try with a will or fall by the wayside. With still more spiritual growth, we realize, i cannot do this alone...thank you.
OK, maybe now we are at the start-gate of raised consciousness...maybe now we are about to begin our climb deeper.
God loves and laughs while offering a leg up...deeper.
Thank you.
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