Waking Up to Love … ( 06 / 09 / 2012 )
Waking Up to Love … ( 06 / 09 / 2012 )
“ Two men , a philosopher & a mystic , were lost in a forest on a very dark night . It was a very dangerous forest , full of wild animals , very dense , with darkness all around . Suddenly , there was a storm , a crashing of the clouds , and great lightning . In fear , the philosopher looked to the sky , while the mystic calmly looked at the ground around him . In that moment of lightning , the path was illuminated . The philosopher had looked instead at the lightning , wondering what was happening , and thereby missed the path .” ~ inspired by Osho
We are all walking in a forest denser than the one in this story . With our primitive senses and still-infant scientific understanding , it is impossible to deeply comprehend our lives , much less know which way to go to reach real fulfillment . It truly is as though we too are walking in the darkness …
And yet , sometimes for us as well there is a flash of lightning . Sometimes there is a spark of wisdom that lights The Way before us . It is often a flash that speaks of the unthinkable ; that encourages raw Courage ; that startles us with its brilliance . Jesus was lightning … Lao Tzu was lightning … Buddha was lightning … Rumi was lightning … Gandhi was lightning … Peace Pilgrim was lightning . When our nights are darkest , these and those like them flash the lightning of their Wisdom upon our respective Paths .
And when this illumination does arrive – and arrive again it will , look not to the heavens ; look not to the source of that brilliant glow … for that ’ s like studying for years what it means to dance , without ever setting foot on the dancefloor ; without ever swaying to the music . After all , if you analyze the source of the Light , you will miss your chance to see that upon which it shines .
If you look for the lightning — if you loom for the radiant Truth of unconditional Love that resides within every religion ’ s storm-cloud of dogma -- if you look for it , you will merely glimpse shadows of its Beauty ; a Beauty you will not find in the darkness ; a darkness that will then close about you once again .
No , if you use those waning rays to look for the Light itself , you will miss The Path upon which it briefly shined .
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