Perhaps the scripture from the Bible that
had the most profound affect on my life has always been from the Gospel of John
where Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus of being born of the spirit: “The wind
blows where it will, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell from where
it comes, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the spirit.” (John
3:8).
The reason this scripture has impacted my
behavior so deeply was a misinterpretation of what it actually means. I
believed it meant, in context with the subject (the talk being the relationship
of spirit and logic) that I go with my feelings wherever I wish without regard
for logic, social conventions, laws and norms; i.e., self-centered free will.
As I have grown spiritually, I have come to
understand that intuitive thoughts or decisions that arise from prayer and
meditation are by all appearances similar, sometimes transcending social
conventions, but for entirely different reasons. They are similar with the
exception that such actions are to be taken free of self-will. The nature of
our intuitive thoughts and actions that are the result of a higher
consciousness always takes into consideration the impact my actions have on others
first. The Golden Rule applies here more than anywhere else… even where what is
required of such intuition might at first appear otherwise. Bad table manners,
or running when the lights say walk, do not fit within this category of free
will. Free will that was based on self-will was only free within the confines
of a cage created by a slavish bondage to my own desires.
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