“In Zen there is a wonderful statement: “Spring comes and the grass grows all by itself.” That statement shows us the wisdom of letting go of all attempts to maintain control and hide from pain (which thus turns it to suffering). To let go of control is to enter into creation in the act of becoming. We discover who we have always been when we stop attempting to become better than we really are. The very desire to be better than who we are is to have forgotten God. We need not be one iota different to directly experience the absolute vastness of our true being. In going beyond the mind, beyond that which blocks the heart, we discover who we have always been and always will be.”
Stephen Levine, in an essay entitled “Leaning Toward the Light”
BONUS BEST of PONDER on THIS
“Once in a vision I came on some woods,
And stood at a fork in the road.
My choices were clear,
Yet I froze with the fear
Of not knowing which way to go.
One road was simple, acceptance of life
The other road offered sweet peace,
When I made my decision
My vision became my release.”
Dan Fogelberg, in the song “Netherlands” (1977)
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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 2007 as a Web-based forum for “PONDER on THIS,” a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.
