The Brown Book Commentaries

―And think not that you can direct the course of Love; for Love, when It finds you
worthy, directs your course.‖ ~ Kahlil Gibran
While we cannot direct the overall course of Love – which is the same course as the over-arching flow
of the Universe; flowing ever towards (though possibly never reaching) a harmonious Oneness, we most
certainly can (and indeed inevitably must) direct our own rivulet thereof … It is also a misconception to
say that Love will only direct us when it finds us to be ―worthy‖, for – while this seems true when
witnessed from without – Love is our very Essence, and as such always finds us worthy from within.
Indeed, it is when we choose to act
accordingly (especially in those
moments when we least wish to do so)
that Love is allowed to flow forth and
―direct us‖ (via Peace-full
consequence and emPowering
providence) both therein & thereafter.
―EXPLORE
PERFORM
CREATE
EXCEL
ACHIEVE‖
(~ Rebecca Jean Pittman)
We can only ―explore‖ (i.e. humbly – and thereby fully – interact with) our surroundings when we
choose to ―perform‖ (i.e. leap boldly thereto) therein. And we can only ―perform‖ in this manner while
we are choosing to ―create‖ (i.e. engender transformation via acts of) Love therein. And we can only
―create‖ in this way when we choose to ―excel‖ at (i.e. allow the fullness of Self to blossom into) Living.
And we can only ―excel‖ at Living when we choose to ―achieve‖ interactive wholeness with all around us
… PEACE must be the end result of all worthwhile exploration – If PEACE is not the result thereof, keep
exploring … PEACE must be the end result of all wholehearted performances – If PEACE does not come
therefrom, keep performing … PEACE must be the end result of all selfless creation – If PEACE does not
come therefrom, keep creating … PEACE must be the end result of all effective attempts to excel at
Living – If PEACE does not come therefrom,
keep striving to excel … PEACE must be the
end result of and all achievements worth note
or adulation – If PEACE is not does not come
therefrom, keep enlivening to achieve.
Image 417 (Page 152b) …
This picture shows Cassie, smiling in the rain …
Image 418 (Page 152b – overleaf) …
… and this picture shows Cassie in ―gangster mode.‖
These two pictures somehow represent a Great Truth for all of us – namely, the Truth that within our
bodies & minds we have two divergent essences; two opposing ―selves‖ – the angelically selfless True Self
and the demoniacally self-centered ego-self. Both are fully viable and both are ever available. It is choice
and choice alone that determines which of the two will surface in any given moment … And these pictures
also remind me of another Truth – namely, the Truth that the only potent Service we can render for another is
to Care for them as though they are the former, especially while they are acting like the latter.
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