I ponder the Sermon on the Mount almost daily, and I remind myself that we need to accept that its words are literal to the material mind, but the underlying meaning is where the goldmine is. Begin to realize the difference between living in the material world of dual thinking (the literal word) and living in the spiritual world of Oneness (the underlying meaning).
My toughie is the one that says if someone slaps you upside your head, you get to turn the other cheek. I got my understanding, my realization, of that...nonresistance, that's all. It's the doing it that my ego will fight until three days after I'm dead...apparently.
In not resisting, i.e., giving up self-determined objectives through God consciousness, we do not respond in kind to any perceived negative action or reaction from another. (Actually, any perceived action, but I'm about the negative here.)
I have been able to do that a few times with a few people; it is their reaction that is my bramble bush. [Sidebar: I suspect my problem has been I did it as a self-determined objective (ego strutting its stuff), not through God consciousness (love).]
What happens then, when ego is driving and love is not there, is that the giving over to another is interpreted as anything from cowardice to dismissive (condescending)...or just being ignored, the ultimate insult.
So, yet again, ever and forever, I get to look within for the solution...for the spiritual solution. I must admit, my ego will, and repeatedly, take the inventory of all those heathens who don't appreciate my higher intentions.
It's the same old, same old...we have ceased fighting anything or anyone. Which is the good news. At least I don't have to learn a whole 'nother something...this one is tough enough.
Thank you.
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