Accepting the mysteries.....
This letter is so full of incredible insight. What irony, trying to be what we already are! In my heart, I know this is all true, I just never thought to look at things quite this way before. This progression of ideas really speak directly to me, even my mind has settled down and has stopped rebelling, becoming docile and compliant.
“…whatever you think you’re looking for, trying to understand, trying to lift yourself by, you are looking for Me.”
“And yet you can find Me anywhere.”
"What you cannot do is make Me appear to you without mystery.”
It seems that my life has been predicated on the assumption that the tools of my mind can eliminate the mystery. But why would I want to eliminate it? Could it be that what has motivated all this effort is a quiet and unexamined desire to better control the events of life? Have I not been looking for levers to pull to bend life toward what I think I want?
This letter is deeply comforting. It speaks to the futility of trying to uncover and eliminate the mystery by reasoning and analysis. But it also speaks to the stratum of love that lies beneath all of the mind’s superficial effort. It speaks to what is really happening: who I am trying to get back in touch with who I am. It is comforting to hear that the answer is easy. There is no need to try to control anything. I should just relax, the real goal is just hearing what is already present in my heart.
Love, peace and joy to all…….Chuck
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God is showing me how to see myself and the world through His eyes. It just took my willingness to think a different way, and a whole new world opened up for me. I am on a remarkable journey which gets more purposeful, exciting, and easy all at the same time.
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