When we refuse our own true agency, we then find ourselves having to push against something—be oppositional—in order to feel we have any say in our lives.
In sadhana, we have to….
In sadhana, we have to work at the vibrational level. If we only operate at the surface, our work will be far less effective.
It is not for us….
It is not for us to judge the ultimate meaning of our mistakes; it is for us to accept that whatever God does, He does for good, and our task is to learn whatever we need to learn from whatever happens.
Personal ambition is not….
Personal ambition is not the same thing as potential, and we should not confuse the two.
Our shrunken idea….
Our shrunken idea of liberation is to be ourselves as we are now, yet happier and content with our state.
As we let go….
As we let go of our shrunkenness and expand, the resulting experiences cause us to have culture shock. We cannot relate with them, and so either deny them, shrink them into an idea, or stop doing what brings us this expansion.
If you want….
If you want to communicate something you know experientially, the words have to come from the place of the experience.
Appropriation makes….
Appropriation makes the life stories of the saints and mystics fake news, a nice fantasy.
Sadhana is….
Sadhana is not about our personalities.
We need to make sure….
We need to make sure we took in the answer consciously and grasped it firmly. That is the real reason for tests in school: we have to be able to make the knowledge we have received our own, and articulating our understanding on an exam is an excellent way of doing this.