What we spiritually know and what we "real life" do are often two entirely different things.
Fact: We spiritually know whenever we are upset, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. However!...s/he just disrespected me in front of my world, and I just know they all loved it!
Real life: Payback time!
Spiritually: Be the first to give over.
Getting right down into the clouds: Agree with your adversary quickly.
And there it is, where it all begins. Getting to there, agreeing without thought or plan, is trust fully clothed and crowned. It takes as long as it takes.
On the path to learning, which is a lifetime training of our mind and our memories, it is important to consciously give God a Good On You! when we first give over. Face it, doing it is kinda like the one hand clapping of Zen. Clearly, not of self.
The secret being that we agree without thought, without trying...with trust leading the way. The deeper secret is that we make a lot of mistakes along the path...we don't get to God by doing it right, we get to God by doing it wrong -- possibly my favorite Fr Richard Rohr quote.
It is the mental turmoil of trying-to-because-we-should that turns it into a self-determined objective. The caveat, and according to me, a self-determined objective may be the right way for us to get it wrong...meaning, just another, albeit essential, steppingstone toward God's will for us.
Paradox time...in learning to live by spiritual principles, we can rely on our reasoning mind. As I read this morning, do not dismiss the reality of this same loving presence being fully alive in our external world.
The external world, home of the reasoning mind, has its God-given purpose, too, with the same Call: Trust.
Thank you.
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