I think about what ‘the straight and narrow path’ as referred to in Christian writings, means.

When life makes you go sideways…. When you lose focus due to negative judgements against self or others… When anger blinds you, or hope eludes you…When sadness engulfs you… How hard it can be to keep moving forward! Yet, a firm and stubborn focus on God… on love… on doing good, regardless of how wretched you may feel you or others are, may be the only way.

(A dialogue between a voice of reason, and a voice of doubt)…

To love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, all your mind, and all your soul. You have eyes only for him. All else fades away, all names become obsolete. Your sole focus becomes him.

No names, no things. Nothing should capture your imagination to snag you on things or places. He is your sole true purpose, have eyes only for him. Hymn. The power of the one true love.

Who is ‘him’? Who is the Lord your God?

The creative, ever moving forward in spirals of positive growth. Joyous movement soaring through space and time? Love, the element of growth. The natural creative urge of the universe, to grow and diversify?!

The opposite of stagnant life bogged down in fear?

Q. Is there no room for friction in this universe? (A voice of doubt asks)

There’s room for everything, but what feels good?

Fear clumps create a back up of life force – derails natural flow? A sunspot on the mind – on the field. A clog in the system – like a blocked pipe, must be blasted out, cleared – a constant flow, re-established?! A plumber – God – a natural impulse of the universe, detecting and clearing it self.

“Just one of those things that can happen”…someone said.

Why did/does it happen? Stalling to look at your own reflection? Pride? You set yourself apart thinking you are greater somehow. Is this the story of evil?

What is pride in terms of physics in the natural world? An organism with one too many cells than usual? A bit of a mishap – a hiccup? Just one of those things that can happen. It’s how we interpret it, or where we shift our focus as a result. If we suddenly think, ‘I am different from the others’, shifting focus from the natural course and movement of life/God/positive growth, to self reflection of difference. Rather than resetting and getting back on track with God, we focus on and develop a separatist ideal? The vision we hold of ourselves as ‘different’ becomes a whole new/counteractive way of operating, and a friction/conflict of interest develops.

Q. Whose mistake is this?

No mistake. Just one of those things.

Just one of those things. Really?

Why did that one organism have one too many cells in the first place then?

It’s ‘things’. Things formed of substances…natural components of a material universe. The material universe has room for hick ups. Yet, the creative force seeks positive flowing expression. The two need to learn to work together?

The natural rhythm of life is to create, move and flow. 

How can it do this when substances of matter suddenly do strange things which block this natural rhythm and flow?

Awareness of these workings. When we understand the workings, we learn how to work with them. Aah yes, there are those who know this and adhere to strategies to deal with it. The master – the teacher – came to teach how to overcome this. Yet, there are also those who know of these workings (flaws/hiccups), but use it to their advantage to control!? The difference is > which do you adhere to? Which do you choose to honour? The ones who believe God is flawed will think… ‘It’s his problem… he can fix it. I’ll just go on living my selfish life in the meantime’. There are those who see, and understand our part…our need to take responsibility to effect positive growth to overcome this mess. 

Majority wins. 

Waiting for someone else to fix it? Be the fix.

Afterthought: Spirit of strife tightens its grip when it feels you leaving it. The trick is to bring it with you into the light. It is a terrified child fearing being left behind. All encompassing, unconditional love is the way.

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