... according to Wikipedia, "Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso in Spanish) is a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru." Known for it's extreme violence. Hm. In principal I support rebel groups. But not violence. I hold that truth concurrently with being happy about the IRA, ANC, and American Revolutionaries having had at least some limited success.
I digress. Many of my blogs build on previous ideas, especially now that I've been doing it a while, and this one builds on Return of the errand knight (travels in a luminous world)
Life is a footpath, and it is waiting for us."The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard."
- the Razor's Edge
It can only be walked on foot - on your own power.
Everything has it's own inner light, and I think the world illuminates the path for you, before you, if you are able to see it. When you peel away our pasted-on view of the world and see everything as magical, miraculous: luminous - every rock, sidewalk square of concrete, dandelion, eagle in the sky, and person, can speak to you, show by its light whether you should go one way or another. Your path glows, and it is living, and it invites you along, you are drawn along by it's luminous and magnetic force, as long as you are able to let go and let God.
Is it a difficult path, like the Razor's Edge describes? Maybe, for who can let go of themselves?
We have everything to gain. We live in darkness. When you really inquire we can never understand the mystery of existence. I believe that we all have a yellow brick road, yes a fantasy road - to our perfect life, our perfect place in the world, it is narrow. There many things you cannot bring.
This entry has taken some time to write, I've been distracted. But through the process of writing it the same themes have kept coming up, talking to friends and people I love and admire - follow your joy, do what makes you feel alive. Also - avoid that which makes you feel tired, hopeless, or grey. Like I wrote in Luminous World (above) - if you just put your foot out and trust, everything will be fine.
It's like there are stones on the path, or... in a field of bricks which look all the same to everyone else, only you can see the yellow brick road. Here's a tip - step on the one's that glow. Avoid the grey ones. You don't know where it's leading you, life is on a need-to-know basis, and you don't need to know.
To follow it requires a total willingness to let go, of where we thought we were going, and what each step was going to look like, and an absolute dedication to following through on following your path. These are the two opposing forces that keep us balanced on the sendero luminosa.
It's like there are stones on the path, or... in a field of bricks which look all the same to everyone else, only you can see the yellow brick road. Here's a tip - step on the one's that glow. Avoid the grey ones. You don't know where it's leading you, life is on a need-to-know basis, and you don't need to know.
To follow it requires a total willingness to let go, of where we thought we were going, and what each step was going to look like, and an absolute dedication to following through on following your path. These are the two opposing forces that keep us balanced on the sendero luminosa.
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