Paradox!
When I came to think of God's will for me as the opposite of my will for me, my reasoning mind softened...I became less afraid of uncertainty, of not knowing, mainly of being wrong. Not free, please note, just less afraid.
My true journey began when I realized that in was my way out...that down would lift me up.
I remembered that recently when I found myself in the midst of a paradox...I discovered, or basked in the light of discovering, the painful rigidity of being right versus the comfort of owning my wrong.
One would think that being right would take away our armor. Not necessarily...it often hardens. Paradoxically, we would think being wrong would cause us to "armor up" but not always. It quite often softens.
Say, in the midst of a chat with another, we have a difference of opinion. Feeling that we are right, we close, ready to fight for our rightness. When we accept that we may not be wrong, but that both of us can be right...rigidity melts, and our attitude softens. We are opened to a new view, and we know a welcoming.
To the reasoning mind, it may be when right, we feel the need to protect it. Conversely, when wrong, we've already lost, so we can loosen up.
To the spiritual mind: Resist not...surrender, accept, all is well...whether we know it or not.
Paradox turns us around...from looking for answers out there, to looking for the one answer within. That is the spark Divine within each and all, God.
Thank you.
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