Brian’s Reflection: Friday, May 15, 2009

There is one great truth on this planet:
 whoever you are, or
whatever it is that you do,
 when you really want something,

it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe.

It's your mission on earth.



- Paulo Coelho, in “The Alchemist”

Well. This is either terribly profound, or it is crap. “One great truth”?? Please! But, like all such statements, it is “hyperbole”, and it requires meditation, genuine thought, to comprehend. Can one really say that the real desire to be a billionaire is something that “originated in the soul of the Universe”? I ….. ah….. don’t think so. Personally.

Remember when Jesus said “Anything you ask in my name will be given to you”?? Idiots took, and many still take this, literally, without pondering what Jesus really meant. All Scripture requires interpretation – or, a better phrase would be “discernment in the mind and spirit”. What does it mean, to ask “in Jesus’ name”?? Bottom line, it means to ask with one’s Being in complete synch with the Being of God. Now, how often, or how easy, do you think this will be? Even more to the point, how many people will do the work that is required for this synchronization to occur? And even more to the point, how many people will be able to get themselves out of the way for this linkage to happen?

So. Let go of nonsense. “Really wanting something” has to conform with the Mystery of God, with the Longing of “God”. Winning the lottery or escaping mortality won’t cut it. The only thing that will cut it is being willing to be shaped in the image of Love. When we ponder just what it really means to be shaped in the image of Divine Love, how many of us really want that? Giving up our Life for others? Loving our enemies? For how many of us did such a thing “originate in the soul of the universe”? For how many of us is it our “mission on earth”? Most of us are cowards, and it is why Jesus is so awesome as He is portrayed in the Gospels.

Become Love. Be consumed by Love. Radiate Love. “Die” for Love. Find Life in Love. Nothing can originate in the soul of the Universe that is shoddy or shallow. Only perfection in Love originates in the soul of the Universe. And when it does, it becomes your “mission on Earth”.

There is no point but to aim high. “Really want” to be consumed in the Fire of Love. Nothing else dwells in the “soul of the universe” or in your heart.

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