It is an often repeated spiritual axiom that “when the student is ready, the teacher appears.” Over the years, I have heard many stories of miraculous intersections and meetings. The divine mind knows no distance. When we ask to be led, we are led. When we ask to be guided, we are guided. When we ask to be taught, we are taught. Guidance and generosity are always closer at hand than we may think. It always falls to us to be open to receiving guidance and to pray for the willingness and openness to know it when it arrives.
-from Walking In This World"
It's all to easy to strive and get nowhere. In contrast there is a sense of peace about the words in that post. That's not to say it is suggesting laziness or not applying oneself. If anything, to my mind at least, it encourages more application, more effort - but effort of a certain type. If it weren't for the contradiction you could say it was effortless effort. Moving with a sense of purpose and an air of peace.
I don't expect everything to be plain sailing. We all make mistakes at times, we panic, we lose peace. At least in these words I have a kind of map and compass to point me back to the path I'm supposed to be following, and that is really good to know.
1 comment:
Very thought provoking.... good job!
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