The Purpose of Confusion

 

The Purpose of Confusion

 “God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.”

 - Rumi -

The state of dialectics in which we exist is not a curse; it is simply our life-field. We can fight it, or we can accept it. Accepting it is easier. Walking the Path becomes easier when we realize that all the confusion that builds up within us is there to help us on our journey.

We have chosen to embark on this Path from our current state – whatever it may be, wherever we may be – because we experience within ourselves the necessity to find our true home. We remember this true home from the core of our being, from the Rose of the Heart, the Spark of the Spirit that has remained within our heart sanctuary throughout our long exile. Now that we are conscious of this potential - this possibility in our lifetime - we can pursue our aim to reunite the essence of our being with the divine Source of all being.

When the head sanctuary has been touched by the Light that is reflected into it from the heart, then there comes a moment of elation that the darkness has been won over by the Light. The consciousness clears—but only for a moment, for there is much still to learn and to earn. We are still subject to images from our world of opposites, and we still react to them. We are still subject to our knee-jerk reactions and getting stuck in the ruts that we have made along the roads of our lives.

Getting stuck is not the fault of our world of opposites. No, it is the result of our perception of it. It is the result of our desire to make the world fit our needs, rather than fitting ourselves to the necessities of the world. In popular parlance, it is the result of service-to-self rather than service-to-others. 

A new development becomes possible only on a completely new basis. A new development is made possible by becoming aware of the confusion created by the dual and opposite influences of our old, conditioned thinking versus the new possibilities presented by impulses from the essence of our being, from our divine potential in the heart. A new part of the Path opens by maintaining focus on the goal and refusing to lose courage. The automatic reactions of trifling thoughts will then be observed clearly enough and soon enough to stop them in their tracks.

Rumi’s words take on a personal meaning as we see the paths of our lives more clearly and as we detach ourselves from the patterns of the past. Our “two wings” give us stability and the power to climb higher and higher on the Path and to experience the Joy and Freedom of each step.

Source: May-2019 Contact Letter

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