Many times in the Sermon, we are promised a reward from our Father who is in heaven if we do the right thing...usually for another. The reward from our Father is the peace that passes understanding emanating from within. That peace comes from nonresistance, acceptance, love.
According to me, all spiritual growth begins with the realization that detachment from self is essential to peace of mind. We are given to see that there will be no lasting peace while still protecting self...or self-image. With that almost born-again flash, we begin to seek deeper meaning in our life. We find ourself drawn to the writings left for us...the ones that have our name on them such as the Sermon, the Twelve Steps, the writings of many mystics. The ones that fit us find us...we shall know them by their fruits.
Eventually, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, we know that our true path is simply to give over, give up, give in. Then our learning really begins...knowing is just the key, it is the doing that is the rest of our life's work.
In doing we are taught daily how to slide past scrupulosity, ego's ever-ready gotcha! Scrupulosity flatly tells us: If you're not 100 percent right, you are 100 percent wrong...hang up your hopes, you are a failure. Tiptoeing past that foghorn is learning the art of acceptance of our warts...without which I'm convinced there is no acceptance of self or others. Face it, with our warts we all have either too many or not enough, depending on the time and day.
Here we are, back to the answer to life itself...resist not, accept all, love and laugh. Hey! We're heading in the right direction.
Thank you.
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