A beam of golden light is appearing on my desk. I can feel warmth on the back of my neck. After thirteen days of gloom the Sun is brightening our world. Thank you Sun!
Each one of us, on our sojourn through this world, may think we are on the right path. And it may be for us, but there is no right path. There are as many paths as people and they converge on the threshold of our destination.
We don't have the destination well formulated and agreement is hazy. I like to think of it as Oneness or Unconditional Love.
Jamie and I are no strangers to argument. We often peer at a subject from two different angles. Argument is when the people involved take the position that they are right and feel it is their duty to convince the other people. Argument may have a purpose when we are talking about easily verifiable figures, like; what temperature does water freeze under a given circumstance. Argument has no place in the discussion of our various life paths.
When the people involved, have open hearts and minds and they are searching for truth, then discussion is fruitful.
We may observe that our neighbor is on a stoney path and we would like to help. We cannot help if we assume his/her path is an error. He/she may have chosen a stoney path because it fit with what needs to be learned in this lifetime. We cannot know. We can be compassionate and ready to assist if asked. We can always offer help if we can do it without judgement.
The truth is true and needs no defense. The truth needs no defense against attack of any kind. All we need to do is live our truth as we see it. Defending it implies it is weak or untrue.
It doesn't matter what we feel our truth is: Atheist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Pagan, Scorner, Believer, Unbeliever, Nativism, etc. etc. etc. Our truth is our truth. Live it. We all have something to add to our understanding of who we are. We can enrich each other. We can discuss anything. Argument alienates. It delays Oneness. It delays the realization of unconditional love.
When we feel we have the truth and need to preach it to others, we either drive them away or brain wash them; only occasionally do we succeed at really teaching them. We need to discover truth for ourselves.
If we believe we have a truth and it is our mission to share it, we need to live it. Only speak of it when asked. When we live our truth, folks are attracted to us that want to learn what we know. If we believe in peace; be peaceful. If we believe in love; be loving. If we believe in joy; be joyful. What we hold in our minds and hearts will manifest. People who want to learn from us will ask.
When we take the position that we don't know, but would like to learn, we can join with the student and teacher and student can learn together. A teacher best teaches what he/she wants to learn.
I am going to dig up my copy of Plato's "Socrates." I need to reread it.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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