Letter Or Spirit, One Kills, One Gives Life

Head to heart, from letter to spirit. This journey from one to the other is the longest 18 inches in the world. When we began questioning life’s orthodoxy; as we all have done to some degree usually beginning in our teens or early twenties, we never dreamt where this thread would lead us. As we mature, and hopefully grow a little wiser, the fire to question unfortunately dims for many. I suppose that is not all bad, it would be hard to imagine a world full of middle aged teenagers where the trains ran on time. Unfortunately maturing often walks hand in hand with complacency, rolling over us silently like the fog that slips in on cats paws, the passion we once had in our thinking and lives dimming; the fire often all but extinguished. Having become invested in the status quo, it becomes easier to go along than to address hard questions. So here's one:

How do you live today? By letter or spirit?

The world needs certain rules, laws if you prefer, in order to function but what of the rules enforced at the cost of the individual? Is it “correct or right” to refuse help to anyone simply because they don’t meet some often arbitrary formula or set of conditions? To consign anyone to suffer, when help is available, runs contrary to The Law of Being and unfortunately secular society is often more interested in obeying rules than in seeing the person before them as a child of God, a true brother or sister, connected one to another in Spirit, responsible one to another regardless of conditions or circumstance. So being IN but not OF the world, my prayer is, just for today God, show me how I may be of service to you and my fellows and at the very least, let me do no harm.

Who has also made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for letter kills, but the spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6)

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Embracing Dragons

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Embracing Dragons

On ancient maps when cartographers would reach the end of what was known they would often write “There Be Dragons” to denote the unknown existing beyond the edges of the known, fear inculcated as fact. Being a metaphysician, I find that margin note quite appropriate when embarking on any attempt to teach spiritual truth and principles. With thousands of different Christian Churches, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism and God only knows how many other religions big and small believing in all manner of things, many of whom claiming they are the only, one true path or church, the appearance of dragons on this subject is guaranteed.  

Of course we should stay open to all teachers; the mistake is when we make them “sacred cows”, placing them on metaphysical pedestals, beyond question or error.

To be clear: we will have many teachers in the course of our spiritual awakening. We learn from them, but remembering in God’s eyes all are equal, student and teacher, and when we are called on to teach, and we will be, we rejoice. All that is required to become enlightened is an open mind and heart, coupled with a willingness to serve a greater destiny than our limited (secular) imagination can conceive. So, listen to opposing viewpoints and engage in constructive dialogue where appropriate, be very wary of dragons here though and never argue with a closed mind, leave them gently with a silent prayer and filter everything through Spiritual Truth, as you understand it, for we have ceased fighting everything and everyone and love is the weapon we employ when encountering dragons.

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