Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Sunrise at the Totem Formation — Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona
We must be strong in the service of our intrinsic intuition! So that our "yes" is "YES!" and" our "no" is "NO!"
There is no middle ground-- no middle way-- between us and our intuition.
We are at one with, aligned with, in accord with our intrinsic intuition all the way!
We live to honor our intuition with fealty, liege loyalty, filial devotion in every situation as it arises, no matter what, all our life long.
The allegiance we have been told belongs to God, belongs to our intuition.
Our intuition is God! And our place is to serve it with all our heart and soul and will and mind.
There is to be no him-hawing, no equivocation, no hesitation when it comes to doing what needs to be done from our intuition's point of view.
We have to know YES when we see/feel it. We have to know NO when we see/feel it. And live in the service of our intuition's directives all our life long.
Being mindfully aware enough of our body/mind/heart/soul to know YES and NO when it is YES or NO moment to moment all our life long is our life long task.
We devote ourselves to it as we devote ourselves to the experience of the right kind of emptiness/stillness/silence all our life long.
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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It comes down to knowing a clear ‘yes’ from a clear ‘no’, but also all the subtle gradations in between! The learning then, is to increase our sensitivity, until we can reach a point of surrender to our innate ‘functional’ intelligence, without a ‘personal’ interference. Frequently in many situations, it appears easier said than done, but still very much possible… if we understand clearly, our motivations!
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It comes down to knowing a clear ‘yes’ from a clear ‘no’, but also all the subtle gradations in between! The learning then, is to increase our sensitivity, until we can reach a point of surrender to our innate ‘functional’ intelligence, without a ‘personal’ interference. Frequently in many situations, it appears easier said than done, but still very much possible… if we understand clearly, our motivations!
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