Stay with me on this thought,
Though at first you may feel resistance.
In it you'll find a pathway that leads to a peace you've never known.
Each of us has a sense of what justice is,
Right and wrong,
Righteousness and so forth.
Whether we do it or not,
We have a pretty clear sense of what it is,
Based on our own definitions as informed by our culture,
Religions,
Socialization.
Some things are situational,
Generational,
Thus redefinable,
Proper dress code,
Professional roles,
Etc.
Aside from that,
We have pretty strong ethical baselines,
And that's a good thing.
Are you with me so far?
Yes?
Okay,
This life journey is a very personal journey.
Life is an experience,
A time-space marked by the experience of entrance into this earthly realm to passing out of this earthly realm.
Our lives are a time-space within eternity.
We think a lot about how best to live it.
We want to see the right thing happen.
We look for it.
If your theology demands that wrong be punished,
Then you want to see that happen.
We want clear and distinct lines.
At times,
So dogmatically so,
That we forget to see on which side of the line our own feet may be standing.
Ah,
Pause and take a breath.
The notion of pointing the finger is already coming to mind.
That's when clear becomes fuzzy and peace and joy become elusive.
There are many layers to this,
But stay with just this one.
The problem with clear,
Distinct lines,
With the dogged belief that certain outcomes must be manifest,
Punishment in particular,
Denies unconditional love for another,
Also denies and disallows unconditional love for oneself.
Unconditional love for oneself gets lost in the convenience of the shout-out for karma as it relates outside of oneself.
That's worth reading or listening to again.
In the beginning I said,
The life journey is personal.
Therefore,
There is the need for intentional inner spiritual work.
To see another's human frailty is to see and know our own.
That level of self-knowing is deeply humbling and profoundly freeing as we become able to forgive ourselves first,
Releasing the weight of judgment from another,
And together we go free.
Can you give directions to another's address knowing karma's GPS has your street address also?
This isn't about the law of karma and how it's going to get the other person for missing the mark.
It's about unity with God and each other,
How love behaves and the torrents of peace that flow in the non-judgmental mind space.
Can you be for someone who stands on the other side of the clear and distinct line,
That which you would need someone to be for you?
Can you be the God within enough to walk someone back to wholeness,
No matter what caused their brokenness?
Sometimes their need is for your silence.
Sometimes their need is a place in you to lean until they catch their breath or find their strength.
We are one with each other in spirit.
As you willingly send out surges of positive healing energy to others when they are out of alignment with spirit,
So shall the same come back to you when you need it.
I'm Carol,
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