We must take care not to take our "lessons learned" as forever truths just as they came to us originally. Truth grows, expands, seems to change even as it remains rock steady. We must stay open to our own interpretation of that truth as we meet new ways to experience it.
For instance, silence is of God is a lesson I learned and have tried really hard to live by...mostly successfully. Until...came the day I recognized my silence as a self-determined objective. There was no feeling of peace and love, no click-click in my silence as there had been. Just that rigid, righteous and right feeling that masquerades so successfully as God's will.
Today, I am rolling with what we see is always ourself which I've relied on for years now. The core of that is ever expanding. For instance, what the naked eye sees is often not where our attention need be...not where our gold is.
What we see might have no obvious bearing on us, yet we feel strong resistance to it. That resistance is like a barking dog...irritating, but a sign that something ain't right. We learn to trust that, shoot a quick thank you and start exploring.
We look beneath. Go within and follow the ribbon that runs from the resisting eyeball to our can of worms that is causing us pause. Although there is often no outer resemblance, we'll know when we've found it. Ah, and that we need to accept it. Then we can take it to our God and our mentor to help free us of the bondage of self.
Life...apparently...is all about letting go. Letting go of our self-determined securities. Trusting that we're not lying when we claim that God has our back. We can never wholly trust that until we let go and let Him.
Thank you.
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