Rumination

In the continuing saga of confronting my ego, I would like to share my enlightenment and in doing so I hope that it inspires you to wonder and consider yourself. Since I began this quest I have had periods of lapse where I get mired in the world and my own daily issues to overcome. These outside influences are distractions for inner examination. However, they are also an opportunity to exam the ego in action. Once this is recognized, the issues quickly dissolve and the inner enlightenment gets brighter; just as it's supposed to happen. The other day, this happened to me and I noticed that in observing my ego, there is an inner voice that speaks to me. I have noticed it right along, but on this day, I noticed that since I have been observing my ego that it is always present. Originally I thought that it was the Holy Spirit. Then lately, I was considering it to be my true self, my soul, my spirit man. And yet I somehow know that they are both, but I don't know enough yet. Stay tuned…

Yet here is a cool thing that I encountered. I recently heard an interview on "On Being", a podcast that was focused on the poet, theologian, and philosopher Rumi. After listening to it I was inspired to go get a book on Rumi so I went to Barnes & Noble and found one. There was only one and I picked it up and leafed through it. I read a poem that talked about the duality within us were we and God live. These two are vying for the same place and we can die to give way to the other; guess what, God is omnipresent and eternal and cannot die. Of course, the dying we do is the banishing of the ego and I am so thankful to be at this place in my life. I am also blessed to be living in an era when I can share this with anyone in the world that is interested enough to seek it out. Thank you for you.

God speed!