Post by Admin on Oct 25, 2023 13:25:25 GMT
“Sometimes, “love and light and bliss” …. is just a cop-out, a distraction, a terrible lie.
You’re angry, you’re hurt, but then you bypass the anger and the hurt and pretend to be calm, spiritual, “at peace”.
It’s a lie. It’s a terrible lie.
Because it’s not the truth of the living moment.
You hide in “Pure Awareness” and pretend to be “beyond” the drama. It’s false. A mask. A manipulation.
And nobody is buying it anymore.
Yes of course some situations call for stillness, silence, a turning from conflict and a turning within. Sometimes you need to pull back, turn the other cheek, not get involved, rest in Being.
But sometimes, sometimes, the gods call you into loving conflict, to take a stand, to confront the forces of unconsciousness and manipulation head-on.
To get involved.
And so you go, you go willingly, called by forces far older than yourself.
You leave your meditation cushion and you lean into the world.
Trembling, in awe of all creation, you walk into the Unknown, to face what you must face.
The image, the act of the “nice, kind, tolerant, drama-free, neutral observer” crumbles… and you step into a fierce and tender rage.
The world hears your cry. The world sees your passion, your deep care, your authentic tears.
It’s just as “spiritual” as love and light and bliss. It truly is.
It’s a tender, righteous anger that protects the vulnerable, stands up for truth, calls out abuse, discrimination, prejudice, lies.
Don’t let your spirituality become an excuse to repress your true human feelings.
Don’t create a new image of “the spiritual one” and push down your sacred passion.
Just follow your fg deepest knowing into the heart core of truth.
Stop being fake “spiritual” and dare yourself to be real today. “
- Jeff Foster
You’re angry, you’re hurt, but then you bypass the anger and the hurt and pretend to be calm, spiritual, “at peace”.
It’s a lie. It’s a terrible lie.
Because it’s not the truth of the living moment.
You hide in “Pure Awareness” and pretend to be “beyond” the drama. It’s false. A mask. A manipulation.
And nobody is buying it anymore.
Yes of course some situations call for stillness, silence, a turning from conflict and a turning within. Sometimes you need to pull back, turn the other cheek, not get involved, rest in Being.
But sometimes, sometimes, the gods call you into loving conflict, to take a stand, to confront the forces of unconsciousness and manipulation head-on.
To get involved.
And so you go, you go willingly, called by forces far older than yourself.
You leave your meditation cushion and you lean into the world.
Trembling, in awe of all creation, you walk into the Unknown, to face what you must face.
The image, the act of the “nice, kind, tolerant, drama-free, neutral observer” crumbles… and you step into a fierce and tender rage.
The world hears your cry. The world sees your passion, your deep care, your authentic tears.
It’s just as “spiritual” as love and light and bliss. It truly is.
It’s a tender, righteous anger that protects the vulnerable, stands up for truth, calls out abuse, discrimination, prejudice, lies.
Don’t let your spirituality become an excuse to repress your true human feelings.
Don’t create a new image of “the spiritual one” and push down your sacred passion.
Just follow your fg deepest knowing into the heart core of truth.
Stop being fake “spiritual” and dare yourself to be real today. “
- Jeff Foster