Matthew 7:13-14 … Waking the Narrow Way (03/01/17)
“The Narrow Way is wide enough for every being
to walk it both uniquely and simultaneously.” ~ anonymous
Yes, it is true that there is only one Way to real Redemption, and yet there are currently well over 7 billion sentient beings (each with millions of choices of action) who can indeed simultaneously walk that one Way with their one unique gait and with their own unique tempo …
What must stay the same for all, of course, is the direction in which the Way-walker is facing – namely, towards the horizon of bringing more Peace to others; of lessening their burdens or furthering their Joy. And even though this is incredibly difficult for any being to do (seeing as how our brains are selfishly hard-wired for protection & survival over all else, with the reptile brain instinctively analyzing every single encounter using the rubrics of “friend or foe” & “fight or flight” – and doing so ¼ of a second before the neocortex can hope to make a different decision about the same), it is still always possible to do so.
Indeed, as Jesus himself noted: “For wide is the gate [of the ego] and broad is the road [of selfishness] that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate [of the Soul] and narrow the road [of selfless Love] that leads to life. As such, only a few find it … though all who seek it find it indeed” (Matthew 7:13-14 & Matthew 7:7-8).
Amen … Let it be so.
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