Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol V (May to Dec 2012)

Waking Up to Love …
(06/09/2012)
“Two men, a philosopher & a mystic, were lost in a forest on a very dark
night. It was a very dangerous forest, full of wild animals, very dense, with
darkness all around. Suddenly, there was a storm, a crashing of the clouds, and
great lightning. In fear, the philosopher looked to the sky, while the mystic calmly
looked at the ground around him. In that moment of lightning, the path was
illuminated. The philosopher had looked instead at the lightning, wondering what
was happening, and thereby missed the path.” ~ inspired by Osho
We are all walking in a forest denser than the one in this story. With our
primitive senses and still-infant scientific understanding, it is impossible to deeply
comprehend our lives, much less know which way to go to reach real fulfillment.
It truly is as though we too are walking in the darkness …
And yet, sometimes for us as well there is a flash of lightning. Sometimes
there is a spark of wisdom that lights The Way before us. It is often a flash that
speaks of the unthinkable; that encourages raw Courage; that startles us with its
brilliance. Jesus was lightning … Lao Tzu was lightning … Buddha was lightning
… Rumi was lightning … Gandhi was lightning … Peace Pilgrim was lightning.
When our nights are darkest, these and those like them flash the lightning of their
Wisdom upon our respective Paths.
And when this illumination does arrive – and arrive again it will, look not
to the heavens; look not to the source of that brilliant glow … for that’s like
studying for years what it means to dance, without ever setting foot on the dancefloor;
without ever swaying to the music. After all, if you analyze the source of the
Light, you will miss your chance to see that upon which it shines.
If you look for the lightning — if you loom for the radiant Truth of
unconditional Love that resides within every religion’s storm-cloud of dogma -- if
you look for it, you will merely glimpse shadows of its Beauty; a Beauty you will
not find in the darkness; a darkness that will then close about you once again.
No, if you use those waning rays to look for the Light itself, you will miss
The Path upon which it briefly shined.
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