Daily Reflection

Do you want full realization and the level of responsibility that entails, or do you want to simply be able to say, “I am a meditator” or “I am this or that religion.”? This is to cling to a path and to cling to the ego of a being on that path. It can be very comforting. It can lead to a sense of self-righteousness, feeling good about oneself. But it will not lead to realization. To become a realized being—by which I mean to know the true self, not the small ego self but the God self—to know the self stripped of all ego and standing naked in the universe, to see the divinity in that self and in everything else—in every grass blade and every rock, bird and insect—that's a very frightening path, because the being who has seen that must be responsible for what it has seen. It's easy to see it; it's hard to live it. Once you know that God is in everything, how do you live up to that understanding? Are you ready to be compassionate enough to yourself to forgive yourself when you err and forget that God is in everything and do something that harms? Are you ready to be compassionate enough to forgive others and not to judge? To follow a path takes love, commitment, deep aspiration and courage. To truly seek realization and live your life responsible to that realization also takes maturity. It is not for the faint-hearted. It is a place where all of you will come eventually.

Aaron