The Choiceless Choice - The Beginning of Blessedness (Perseverance)

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

Dear Effie,

 

thank you for this post as it has special meaning to me. i'm not

sure if my interpretation is as intended but its like the saying the

darkness teaches us the light. you will continue to be in the dark

until you realize that there is no goal in spiritual practice

because to practice spirituality is the goal. this lesson can't be

learned by the intellect though. like many difficult lessons in

life it probably can only be learned by experience.

 

i have dear friends in the Bahamas who are preparing for possibly

the most powerful hurricane in their history. i can't understand

this darkness, but this is GOD's plan and i guess that is enough. i

hope everyone will join me in sending them our prayers and positive

vibes.

 

JAI MA

, "Frederica Evangeline Wilder"

<effie_wilder@e...> wrote:

> Dear List,

>

> The dark night is not an abstract notion on some list of spiritual

> experiences every seeker is supposed to have. The dark night

> descends on a soul only when everything else has failed. When you

> are no longer the best meditator in the class because your

> meditation produces absolutely nothing. When prayer evaporates on

> your tongue and you have nothing left to say to God. When you are

> not even tempted to return to a life of worldly pleasures because

> the world has proven empty and yet taking another step through the

> void of the spiritual life feels futile because you are no good at

> it and it seems that God has given up on you, anyway.

>

> --from Dark Night of the Soul, St. John of the Cross

>

> Heartfelt thanks to all,

> Effie