Some serious thoughts....

some pretty significant truths here....

"I think the starting line of the spiritual path to this kind of surrender is the clear intention to actually transcend our ego's dominance. How we get to that point doesn't seem to be so important, we do whatever we need to do. BUT once we get to the starting line and our intention is to walk this path, being met where we're at isn't good enough. We need to be challenged and confronted in seriously demanding ways.


We need to be continually reminded - so that we might continually recognize for ourselves - of the paradox that where we are at is perfectly fine...but it is not a place we can stay. If we're really serious about growth and development and, ultimately, transformation, then moving forward, both individually and collectively, is the most important thing we could ever do and we need to be held accountable for this movement...or the lack of it.


Jesus wasn't kidding when he said that the path that leads to life is a narrow one, and that few will find it. The path itself is demanding enough let alone the fact that most of us never make it to the starting line. And while the ego has no desire for us to be truly transformed, this transformation is what our deepest longing is all about. The more I really engage with these ideas the more I discover that if we want to move forward we must abandon all of our cynicism and casualness. This doesn't suck the enjoyment out of life. On the contrary, it is only in manifesting Spirit that we will ever discover true joy and it is only through our conscious and deliberate intention to surrender ourselves to God that this will happen.


Let's just be honest: is that what we really want? "
 
     - by Matthew Philip Dale Kent
 
I've been thinking on these thoughts for a few days...