Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

TIP #02: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES …
It is a simple Truth that the more bold the Love, the more power it contains – and thereby
the more Peace it generates. In the world of the ego, there is nothing more terrifying than
caring for those who despise or ridicule or reject or condemn us. As such, in the world of
addictive religion, there is nothing that requires more courage – and therefore nothing
that is more powerful – than actively Caring for those whose spiritual beliefs oppose or
are different from our own.
Doing so doesn’t mean that we must agree
with their ideals or support their theologies or
take part in their rituals. It DOES mean that
we must choose to actively – and openly –
and gently – and humbly – and sincerely …
LOVE them.
TIP #03: PRAY WITH MOVING FEET …
Addictive religion resides in frozen ideologies and feebly selfish prayers. Powerful
spirituality, on the other hand, is free and flowing – with the Power of its Peace matched
only by the smoothness of its practicality.
Every religion has facets that are unique, so finding the differences between your own
religion and the sects and doctrines and creeds of others will always be easy … It will
also always be divisive. In fact, doing so will ensure that the distance between you and
all others will continue to grow; it will ensure that you will never be able to serve them or
care for them or help them in any potent way. It will ensure that you will never be able to
truly touch them at all.
On the other hand, at the core of every religion – yours as well as all others – is a LOVE
perfect & unconditional; a LOVE that must be given to be known – especially given
when we least want to do so, especially given directly to those people with whom we
least wish to share. And, when we choose to give that LOVE anyway – when we choose
to do so without any selfish motive or vain hope or desirous expectation, then what
blossoms within us thereafter is the greatest gift of all. For in the moments that we do so,
we finally meet the Divine face-to-face … and realize that It was within us all along.
It is in these moments that we actually “go to Church” for the very first time.
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