The Healing Path

God described a spiritual path as a highway in Neale Walsch's 'Conversations with God'. A normative statement such as 'You better drive up north to Chicago' doesn't make much sense in general, unless, of course, you like to go to Chicago. You never have the right to tell anyone in which direction they should be headed. Only they can tell what their mission statement is about. Some choose to go to Chicago, others are headed to LA.

We are all healed by life. The 'I' is digested by following your drives and when you get to where you wanted by overcoming a few obstacles along the way, you are ready to experience the 'I Am' state.There is no hierarchy at all - we are all the same. We are all special in traveling the path that aids our soul development. If it dawns on you that you are a spiritual traveler rest assured that you will get detailed directions along your journey. Once you connect to the Tao you will be encouraged to let go of the steering wheel, lean back and experience how a higher power does the steering. The feeling that is guaranteed to you is that no matter where you go, peace is yours. And if it is not, you have a hunch that some readjustment lies in store for you.

A spiritual path is something very concrete. Very much like a snake leaves her old skin behind, there is a day when you suddenly experience a shift in you and from that day on there is no turning back, the new has to be born and the old has to be dropped by the wayside. Your new skin is the 'I Am' voice that always slumbered deep down inside of you but that from day on starts communicating with you. It needs a little practice to get used to the different voices, but soon enough you will find the 'I' voice distracting. Sure, you are bound to make mistakes and at times will travel in the opposite direction of where you are really headed, but sooner rather than later you will get the hang of the process. You learn to distinguish the 'I' from the 'I Am' state. This self-discovery process can be annoying at times, very much like the snake still has to wiggle a little to let go of the old skin, but soon enough you will be free.

There are some who claim that the 'I', the ego, wants to drive into the opposite direction of the 'I Am' state. You actually have a way to find that out. If this is true, the 'I' will try hiding in something that is special to you. That in fact is the symbolic meaning of the last temptations that Buddha and Jesus experienced before they reached liberation. Well, you can very much experiment with that concept. In my experience there is no all or nothing moment; instead you always have a choice between peace and interference, between passion and serenity. In short, you have an ongoing choice between the 'I' and the 'I Am' state. The decision is a no-brainer really. Then at last you hear a rip when the old skin falls off by the wayside and from that day you are free to roam around the country with every destination being the right one.