The Journey & The Paths
FROM CHAPTER ONE : THE JOURNEY & THE PATHS
THE JOURNEY & THE PATHS
Our paths are all about what can be done; our journey is all about who is doing it. Our paths open the doors in the walls we have falsely built in consciousness that keep us from stepping into the reality of God and the fullness of life. The paths are about the love, the service, compassion, peace and wisdom in the world. The journey is about the Self-Realization of our human and divine nature. If we look at the big picture we will ultimately see that we all share One Journey, the journey of the awakening of humanity, the many paths are the different roads we take along the way.
THE PATH
Although there are many paths that one can take in the world, this book is about spiritual paths. The spiritual path can be specialized and be called the path of Christianity, or New Thought, or peace, or the path of love, or wisdom. Some are organized, some are not. Some are groups and some are not.
…I find being consciously aware constitutes what I call a path. Anything we do with the conscious awareness that we are both human and divine serves self-awareness. We know that prayer and meditation are paths, but what about standing in line at the grocery store? I find that we can have the spiritual experience anywhere, because God is everywhere…
Mostly, it seems as though the path we step on is to find or realize something that at first might seem outside ourselves, when in reality, it is not. Rumi says it best – “You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck.” We look for God in a book or an exercise or a course of beliefs set down by others. And what we eventually find is all of these things only point the way. I did not find God in the Science of Mind, but I did receive a new understanding of God that helped me believe and gave me direction.
We are guided to the experiences and conditions that will help us. Our job is to recognize it and make the best of it. There was a reason you chose this book or the universe gave it to you. Maybe you are ready to begin the “wake-up” process, and this is just part of the process.
from the poem:
Wake Up, Wake Up, I’ve Called You a Thousand Times
“Wake up, wake up,
I’ve called you a thousand times.
You’ve been crowned Lord of the land,
The sky is your playground;
the earth your slave.”