This is #160 in my “Zen Thoughts” on my other WordPress Blog, “Jim Dollar’s Published Works.”
There is wanting, and there is guessing, and there is thinking, and there is knowing. Knowing how to know what’s what, what’s happening, what’s called for, what needs to be done, where, when and how is the Philosopher’s Stone. The Way of living aligned with, in accord with in tune with, the Way, the Tao of Life and Being.
But. There is a catch. Knowing is not the way to getting what we want. Knowing is the way of doing what is called for and needs to be done.
Letting the Force be with us is submitting to the requirements of the Force for rhythm and flow, drift and direction. The Way is THE Way, not just any way. Not every way. Not OUR way. Can we surrender OUR way in service of THE Way? Can we acquiesce to–give our ascent to–concur with–say YES to–comply with–embrace whole heartedly–yield to– submit to–declare our allegiance to–serve and adore–THE Way to the exclusion of all other ways, always and forever, no matter what, Amen?
This is The Way of the Christ, the Buddha, the Tao. Do we have what it takes to lay OUR Way aside in declaring our liege loyalty and filial devotion to THE WAY always and forever, no matter what, Amen?
Doing so is what Jesus had in mind when he said, “If you want to be one with me, you have to pick up your cross daily and follow me.” And, it is what he ment when he said, “Pray always.” Being aligned with the Force is dying to ourselves and our idea of how things ought to be in knowing/praying OUR way into eternal oneness with THE WAY, now and forever no matter what, Amen.
That is the catch.
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