Discord with Integrity

 

 

"If you can keep your head

while all about you

are losing theirs

and blaming it on you ... "

 

Rudyard Kipling

 

 

 

It can be very challenging when the tides of opinion change and the giant wave is headed right into our path.  The immediate response may be to question our thoughts as we stand alone against the others.  Taking a moment to reevaluate is beneficial as it will either reinforce what we believe and we can respect diversity or the extra time can enable us to see the need for personal change.  This is not about who is right or wrong.  It is about our personal belief system which needs to be honored and respected.  We can agree to disagree or simply hold our truth close to our hearts and say nothing.

 

Although we may feel challenged by other opinions, we do not have to acquiesce.  Our truth is more loyal to us than we are to it, as we learn to keep our hearts open in the face of discord.  Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE says: 

"Integrity is like a high rock above which the stormy ocean of worldly troubles cannot rise.  The spiritual path is a razor's edge odyssey, fraught with temptation and pitfalls that become more subtle as the winding mountain road advances toward the summit.  When our hearts and our vision remain fixed on the Light of God, however, we pass unscathed through the mire of delusion and adversity."

So it would seem by avoiding drama and overly dramatic scenarios by not feeding our energy into them, it is somewhat easier to stay on our path as it remains uncluttered by unnecessary debris.  Focused on strengthening our connection with the Divine, it becomes a less challenged route to the spiritual path.