Living the examined life requires us
to inventory all our “possessions” if we truly wish to be free. We all have
them and until we identify our negative, fear-based possessions and understand
their roots they will retard our progress. Does this mean we have to strip away
and discard all we own (physically and mentally) to grow spiritually? No, but
we must discard all fear-based attachments. There is nothing inherently spiritually
hindering in physical possessions, the trouble comes if we see them as part of our
personal definition. We are not the house we live in or derive any real status
(positive or negative) from its physical location. We are not the car we drive,
wristwatch we wear or any other material possession for these things are all
passing, mere ornaments of living, gifts to enjoy but of little spiritual value
becoming destructive if they bait us into a false sense of perceived
entitlement. As hindering as these may be, our mental possessions plant the
deepest and heaviest anchors.
Once we close our mind to any fresh
thinking or concept, in any area of life, we throw out another anchor, for
nothing slows, even stops our spiritual growth quicker than a closed mind. To
hold that any group or people are either favored by God or despised, plants
another anchor. To place anyone or anything on a pedestal, making them a sacred cow, another anchor. To strive
for secular recognition or refuse to recognize the inherent dignity of anyone,
regardless of their station, another anchor, there are many more.
We are spiritual beings, the power that is within us is beyond measure; it is no less than the Great Creative Life Force that animates the mayfly and powers the stars. As great as this power is, we can set enough anchors to slow our growth to the point of it being imperceptible. We must begin cutting away the anchors slowing our progress, for if we don’t, our fate will be the same as the Rich Young Man, who failed to demonstrate because of his “anchors” and …went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:22).
We are spiritual beings, the power that is within us is beyond measure; it is no less than the Great Creative Life Force that animates the mayfly and powers the stars. As great as this power is, we can set enough anchors to slow our growth to the point of it being imperceptible. We must begin cutting away the anchors slowing our progress, for if we don’t, our fate will be the same as the Rich Young Man, who failed to demonstrate because of his “anchors” and …went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:22).
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