Learning to "wait on the Divine" -- a state that sounds delicious -- requires the discipline of a singular action soon found to be anything but desirable. This stage is known as having to "wade through oneself!"
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The Discipline of Self-Discovery
- Posted: Monday, March 25, 2013
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Every truth ever discovered -- each new light that will ever burn bright -- already exists in our consciousness. All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice -- the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows -- awaits us within ourselves. Hidden in this truth is our great promise, both as individuals and as a race of beings.
I call these timeless ideas that ignite and stir us to remember our forgotten spiritual heritage "seeds of fire." Whenever, through our exploration of life, we come upon some "seed of fire" -- some new thought or insight that awakens us to a part of ourselves unknown only a moment before -- we realize that we are not alone.
The Masters Speak...
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered: the point is to discover them. -- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642, Italy)
Weakness is very painful, but also very useful. While any self-love remains, you are afraid that it will be discovered. As long as the least bit of self-love remains in the secret parts of your heart, God will hunt it down, and, by some infinitely merciful blow, force your selfishness and jealousy out of hiding. The poison then becomes the cure. Self-love, exposed to the light, sees itself in horror. The flattering lifelong illusions you have held of your self are forced to die. God lets you see who you really worship: yourself. -- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715, France)
Mark how to know yourself. To know himself a man must ever be on the watch over himself, holding his outer faculties. This discipline must be continued until he reaches a state of consciousness.... The object is to reach a state of consciousness -- a new state of oneself. It is to reach now, where one is present to oneself. "What I say unto you I say unto all, be awake." -- Meister Eckhart (1260-ca. 1327, Thuringia)
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