If They Have Eyes to See

A simple seeker was enjoying reading Dan Millman’s “The Laws of Spirit.” He obviously shared a high quality relationship with an awakened spirit teacher.

“Are we jealous?”

“Perhaps, a little.”

“Why?”

“He’s so much more …”

“Intelligent?”

“I can’t know that for sure, but ..”

“Then what?”

“He seems to be so much more comfortable with sharing his relationship with a spirit teacher than I am.”

“Why?

“Perhaps he has more self-confidence. After all, he is ..”

“Male?”

“That helps, but also, he earned recognition and respect in his personal life.”

“Is his relationship with Spirit not also personal?”

“Yes, of course, but he was a world-class athlete before he shared his spiritual wisdom.”

“His?”

“Well, it’s his, now.”

“How so?”

“Anything we learn from whomever, or from whatever personal experience, becomes our own personal wisdom or understanding, at least until we begin to doubt it, or to believe that there may still be more to learn.”

“Where do I fit into this personal philosophy of yours?”

“Is it a personal philosophy?”

“Yes, and we each possess one.”

“How can we know what our personal philosophy is?”

“We each know, whether we claim to or not. But some others may be more aware than we ourselves are, if they have eyes to see.”

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A simple seeker’s note to herself

Spirit seemed to suggest that ..

“It was more than a suggestion.”

“Some others might know some things about us that we don’t know ourselves?”

“Yes.”

“How could anyone know what I don’t know about me?”

“What do you know about yourself?”

“I can only know what I know.”

“Yes.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means that you know what you know, and I know what I know.”

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