"Whenever I've been enervated or winded in my soul,
whenever I've felt there wasn't anymore to give or find,
a great love or suffering has broken me into a new depth."
Mark Nepo
THE ENDLESS PRACTICE
When I find the courage to take an unfamiliar step forward and that action increases my understanding, I find myself celebrating. I am so delighted to have moved forward, to have gained a new insight, I dismiss the trials that had kept me isolated and depressed.
Not to encourage lingering in past distress, but to include the challenging part in the whole is important to me. When I join the phases of joyful living, wandering clueless, and breaking through to discovery, I can readily acknowledge the cycle of learning.
When I am stuck wandering clueless, I may feel desperate and unable to tolerate the strange disconnect. I may not be able to deeply trust what I know, causing me to be anxious. All of my perceptions are distorted and I feel invisible. It is not until the piercing of spiritual light penetrates my resistance and I allow myself to open. Eternal presence calls me safely forward.
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