FINDING THE RIVER

For four weeks now, we have been excavating our
consciousness. We have seen how often we think negatively
and fearfully, how frightening it has been for us to begin to
believe that there might be a right place for us that we could
attain by listening to our creative voice and following its
guidance. We have begun to hope, and we have feared that
hope.
The shift to spiritual dependency is a gradual one. We
have been making this shift slowly and surely. With each
day we become more true to ourselves, more open to the
positive. To our surprise, this seems to be working in our
human relationships. We find we are able to tell more of our
truth, hear more of other people’s truth, and encompass a far
more kindly attitude toward both. We are becoming less
judgmental of ourselves and others. How is this possible?
The morning pages, a flow of stream of consciousness,
gradually loosens our hold on fixed opinions and short-
sighted views. We see that our moods, views, and insights
are transitory. We acquire a sense of movement, a current of
change in our lives. This current, or river, is a flow of grace
moving us to our right livelihood, companions, destiny.
Dependence on the creator within is really freedom from
all other dependencies. Paradoxically, it is also the only
route to real intimacy with other human beings. Freed from
our terrible fears of abandonment, we are able to live with