We in the West refer to it as our conscience and some in the East call it their Buddha nature. It doesn’t matter so much what I call it, I know that there has never been, nor will there ever be, a time when I am without it. It seems to be in my DNA and, at times, I felt it was useless. Nonetheless, it was there all the time trying to lead me out of the morass of a fatal self-obsession. All I really had to do was to cease with the nonsense of ignoring it and find, through humility (sometimes brought about through dissipation, degradation and the ego-deflation of humiliation), a way to allow this spirit to connect with the boundless energy of a power greater than myself. A simple inventory, taken humbly and without restraints of any kind, was the powerhouse that connected my spirit with yours when I shared it with you. It seems that I can’t accomplish this from a cave on a mountainside (as I would like at times). I have to be down here where I can reach out to others to complete this amazing and vital flow of spiritual energy.
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I concur, Geo. Thanks for this.
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