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A Gold-Plated Clue-by-Four
Oct. 4th, 2008 08:39 amYesterday I had my monthly spiritual direction appointment, and my director pointed out two boxes of books which had been left by someone else for others to go througth and take what interested them.
This was the back cover text for "The Next Critical Step" by Bernard Theroux:
When you ignore the voice within, the longing of your soul, regarding what you are to do with your life, then frustration develops. If you use spiritual practices to help you to quiet those frustrations, what do you think will eventually occur? . . . These pages explore the possibility that acting upon your purpose may be the next critical step in the spiritual process.
Emphasis mine.
And then on page 31: "If you are at a place in your life where you feel great pressure to manifest your purpose, you should know that to not surrender to your calling is not an act of passivity. It takes great energy, great self-suppression, to hold back the creative force. You may want to ignore your calling, but that act of avoidance. . . is actually an act of great violence against yourself. The creative force is very powerful, and our habits of self-denial must be equally forceful to keep ourselves down. You must really choke the life out of yourself if you want to keep your calling hidden."
You must really choke the life out of yourself if you want to keep your calling hidden
I can't think of much a better way to summarize the crisis of the past couple weeks.
This was the back cover text for "The Next Critical Step" by Bernard Theroux:
Emphasis mine.
And then on page 31: "If you are at a place in your life where you feel great pressure to manifest your purpose, you should know that to not surrender to your calling is not an act of passivity. It takes great energy, great self-suppression, to hold back the creative force. You may want to ignore your calling, but that act of avoidance. . . is actually an act of great violence against yourself. The creative force is very powerful, and our habits of self-denial must be equally forceful to keep ourselves down. You must really choke the life out of yourself if you want to keep your calling hidden."
I can't think of much a better way to summarize the crisis of the past couple weeks.
