Arrogance and aggressive evangelism infects most of us at one time or another.
I am, of course, speaking for myself. When I look at it… really look at it, the
driving force behind this dynamic is my own conviction that I am right and
others are naïve, uninformed or mistaken. I can be open-minded as any saint on
spiritual matters but as blind as a bat for my own convictions otherwise. My
political views (no matter whether they were conservative or liberal) were set
and had iron-clad reasoning behind them. If I became open-minded about what I
believed I saw myself as wavering or flip-flopping in my opinions. It wasn’t in
my constitution to accept what others thought, whether they were tree huggers
or loggers. Everything was black or white and to suggest there might be an
in-between seemed a cop-out to me. To get to the core of such aggressive
behavior, passive or not, I had to take a good look at my fears and
self-righteousness in all matters. To open my eyes to the will of the Heart of
Compassion is my calling and that calling is what keeps me sane and sober.
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