Only Desire Can

Only desire can motivate us to cross the line, or enter the door, to our future.

The so-called Middle Way is a doorway. What made me think it was a path? Jesus claimed to be The Way. What were his words? “I am the way. He who would enter …” He didn’t say, “He who would follow …”

The many polarities of life; high/low, in/out, right/left, good/bad, soft/hard, gentle/harsh, young/old, weak/strong, …the list goes on, and with each and all pairs, or sets, of so-called opposites, there is a fine middle line that separates even graduations of one polarity with graduations of it’s so-called polar opposite.

We cross the line between lower and higher values, or we allow ourself to be pulled back. Back and not necessarily down, for who would admit to living by low personal values?

The life we live expresses our values, whatever our words may say. Perhaps psychoanalysts of the future will be required to undergo personal analysis of themselves, under the guidance of a more fully aware supervisor, to discover their own personal values, without using socially-conditioned labels or academic terminology to describe them.

All highs could be higher, and all lows could be lower. It depends on our personal perspective as to what is high or low, and how high. And, how low to us, as individuals, and why?

If the Middle Way is a doorway, then which side are we on, in our own mind? Are we standing in front of the door to our possible future, or are we moving through it? Are we brave enough to move through it, to a place that is more suited to our emotional and mental comfort zone, and to our present state of consciousness?

How we live, as well as what we say and do, expresses our inner values, and yet, we can change the way we live, and we can change what we say and do, to make us feel more comfortable with our inner self, that some call soul; our inner quality of heart and mind. It’s the only way to develop peace of mind.