"Raise that bar. Make it higher and higher. Accept no less. But do it gently, persistently, lovingly.
The desire to become better and better is no longer a driven thing. It is love wanting more of itself, recognizing itself, moving only toward itself.
Then we are at peace, even in the journey, even in the confusion.
In a strange way the seeking is the finding.
To know at the deepest levels of our being that we seek truth, beauty, love, compassion is itself the finding of it within. It is the creation of a belief system that values the divine.
And it is so different from the self righteousness of religious fervor or the fear of punishment by God or the desire to be better than others.
The belief system that values the divine might even seem sacrilegious. The seer is often at odds with established norms.
And the difference is in the desire coming from within as opposed to being forced from the outside.
It is the discovery of truth and beauty. That leads directly into the sacred energy. Things become more and more deeply connected to each other. We see the connections and begin to accept nothing less than that.
And it is in the experience of truth and beauty, not in the judgment thereof, that we find ourselves in love with our seeking.
And though there is a form of judgment inherent in the rational mind of the seeker, it is not a trial by jury kind of thing. It is the clarity of loving discrimination. Good and bad become the difference between hitting the mark and missing it.
We trust our aim and let the arrow fly. If we miss, we contemplate, realize, and release again and again, loving the pure arch of the flight of our arrows.
We become the archer and the target, becoming one within the other."
The desire to become better and better is no longer a driven thing. It is love wanting more of itself, recognizing itself, moving only toward itself.
Then we are at peace, even in the journey, even in the confusion.
In a strange way the seeking is the finding.
To know at the deepest levels of our being that we seek truth, beauty, love, compassion is itself the finding of it within. It is the creation of a belief system that values the divine.
And it is so different from the self righteousness of religious fervor or the fear of punishment by God or the desire to be better than others.
The belief system that values the divine might even seem sacrilegious. The seer is often at odds with established norms.
And the difference is in the desire coming from within as opposed to being forced from the outside.
It is the discovery of truth and beauty. That leads directly into the sacred energy. Things become more and more deeply connected to each other. We see the connections and begin to accept nothing less than that.
And it is in the experience of truth and beauty, not in the judgment thereof, that we find ourselves in love with our seeking.
And though there is a form of judgment inherent in the rational mind of the seeker, it is not a trial by jury kind of thing. It is the clarity of loving discrimination. Good and bad become the difference between hitting the mark and missing it.
We trust our aim and let the arrow fly. If we miss, we contemplate, realize, and release again and again, loving the pure arch of the flight of our arrows.
We become the archer and the target, becoming one within the other."
Emanations
Copyright © 2010 by John MacEnulty,
9/13/10, St. Louis, MOCopyright © 2010 by John MacEnulty,
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