Wednesday, September 20, 2017

What Should we Strive For?

What should we strive for, success? Sure, some success and acknowledgement of our specialness is necessary, as without it, the ego would only eat us for lunch. Yet, 'success' per se is not what we are after along a spiritual path.

What should we strive for, being nice? Sure, the law of karma dictates that we end up getting what we give, so being nice to people will make us a lot happier that being grumpy. Yet, just being nice is also not a goal in itself. There are the occasions when putting our foot down is also part of the WAY.

A spiritual path is the absence of strive, while having laser-like focus when the occasion demands it. It is relaxation in action while being gritty like a bull-dog should some heavy lifting on our part be required. It is flexibly and kindness, just as determination and assertion; it is yin and yang. In short, it is the WAY!

Everything of GOD comes easy, while overriding our conditioning and set ways is hard. The WAY will tell us when to surf with our SELF, and when to let life craft our self.  Staying on track can be hard at times, but seeing the WAY in action gets easier every step of the WAY.

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