New Age Spirituality - Morning Has Been All Night Coming ( Part 39 )

September 5, 2008

Its always engrossing to watch the discovery or rediscovery of a truth. The discoverer is almost always astounded and overwhelmed. It may even appear that the truth was revealed exclusively for his or her benefit. And then, as time moves on, everything returns to its ordinary state again. Yet,once having touched or felt the possibilities beyond the ordinary,one is hardly ever the same as before.

So it was with Gideon and me. A close friendship, an other-worldly comradeship had developed. The things he taught me made sense in my heart but not my head. There were times, however, when darkness closed in and I could make no sense of anything. It was then that I would hear his voice quoting a beautiful axiom, Morning has been all night coming, but see how surely it comes.

It is not the sun that creates darkness, but the Earth itself, as it turns its face away from the sun. But the darkness never lasts; the sun is always there and it is we who must return. It is not God who sends us dark times, but we ourselves who bring them to us, for purposes even we do not know. Whenever there are shadows before us, it must be that we have our backs to the light. To make the shadows disappear, we have but to turn and face the light.

I have, generally, been given to practicality. A philosophy, a religion, a way of life must be extraordinarily practical to have any effect on me. Dont tell me of a glorious future at the end of this world when I am experiencing tremendous difficulty with the present. Let my philosophy and religion show me the way out of darkness into light, and let the way be one that all can walk. Or else, take away your preachings and your pontifications and let me walk my path alone.

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