The message of all the Messiahs through time is simple, straight forward, in capable of being missed, and, therefore being ignored: “This is the way to do it! Be me!” And we worship them all for being the spit’n image of who we all need to be, and letting them bear the wounds and the burdens that are ours to carry–which we disdain, preferring, instead, to project onto Jesus, and Gandhi, and all martyrs of all causes, the worship and admiration of disciples a step or two removed from the sacrifices made by those they worship and admire. And conveniently ignoring that it is not about believing in the masters, it is about BEING the masters. But that is a step too far. No?
In the silence, emptiness, stillness, we find what we need to do what is called for and needs to be done in each situation as it arises all our life long–doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, and in the right way. Through “circumstances begetting circumstances” all the way along the Way. And that is all there is to it. “Nothing to it but to do it!” (Maya Angelou).
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