Caught Between Two Worlds
Narrow road between flesh and spirit
With so many groups telling us which Way to go or how to live a peaceful life, it is easy to get confused or second-guess our belief systems. One group preaches theirs is the Way, while another wages war on the next because theirs is the Way. Anyone preaching other than Love is surely not The Way.
In each and everyone one of us, there is a void waiting to be filled.
Filling this void with Love, all other teachings fall short of what matters most…Love one another as you want to be Loved. With that, we visit our good friend Oljita, who learns firsthand that there are many pathways to Paradise. While many have valuable lessons along the Way, it is not the easiest path. The easiest to choose is often thought unrealistic.
Oljita Is visited by another messenger while driving to work…
Oljita notes a black cat on the opposite side of the median. As it scampers across the road, it stops at the boulevard and disappears briefly. Cautiously slowing down, watching other cars drive by where the cat was last seen.
Thinking he is in the clear, Oljita accelerates, but the cat appears. Dashing to the other side of the road, the cat stops just in front of his truck. When their eyes locked, Oljita found himself Shifting into another realm…Oljita shifts to his past.
He lands on the Pilgrim’s path. Very familiar to Oljita, he knows this path leads to Paradise through various trials and tribulations. Learning that a positive mind leads to positive thoughts leads to positive words and actions…ultimately leading to a positive being in Paradise. While a happy ending, this path leads our Pilgrim down a bumpy, windy road.
He has then shifted ahead in time to the path of Warrior. While the Pilgrim’s path leads to that of the Warrior, it is a bumpy transition. The Warrior’s path is not followed like the Pilgrim’s but merely accepted. The lesson: The Warrior’s path can be attained merely by accepting a path of Love.
Two paths, same outcome. One is long and windy, while the other is short and narrow. The short and narrow path is the thin line between both worlds: flesh and Spirit.
Oljita returned to his truck and immediately looked for the Black Cat…only to have vanished. Where did this messenger go?
While the messenger briefly appeared, the message became apparent: we needn’t do anything to enter Paradise. While one path leads down a bumpy, windy road, the other promises a short, narrow path. While there is a heavenly paradise beyond this realm, we can live in Paradise on Earth. Hell is not a destination but a state of mind. Same as for Heaven.
Change our ideas about this place we call Earth…and see Paradise.
Stepping into the Canvas, walking a Narrow path between flesh and Spirit. While the path is Narrow, the road is vast. In the vastness, we find our Way…we are balanced. The Way carries Love in our Hearts, and we instinctively walk in Spirit. To be In Spirit is to be inspired. To be inspired is to be inspiring. This is The Way.
~ Ani Po
