So much going on in the world; it’s an amazing place. If you watch the news it could make you think that it’s all going to pot at any moment. That’s the reason to check out the opposite views-to keep the balance. Let’s always try to remember to keep the balance, and look at the many other ways there are of viewing our world.
The description of Calcutta in The Asian Journal of THOMAS MERTON on pages 131, 132 reminds me, in a peculiar way, to keep the balance. It’s a fine book. Thomas Merton used the word “fine” a few times. It’s a word I’m going to use more often. One balancing way for me is to believe, attempt to understand and deeply know that love and compassion are powerful forces in the universe. The support of a good book, a wise person, a desperate experience that gives a better understanding of a situation – anything that allows us more clarity of our world in all its extremes – is a fine thing.
Today for me it’s these words:
“Intent is a force that exists in the universe. When sorcerers (those who live of the Source) beckon intent, it comes to them and sets up the path for attainment, which mean that sorcerers always accomplish what they set out to do.” – Carlos Casteneda, The Active Side of Infinity
“Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.” – Thomas Merton
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. – Goethe