arrival of one of the young men who had
initially tried to take charge of my first
operation. No longer confrontational, he was
very nervous, and kept looking around.
"Who are you looking for?" I asked. "The
others in the group," he said, "I can't do this
alone." Smiling, I took his hand. "The spirit
path can only be taken alone. We all want to
bring somebody with us, hoping their
presence will give us the support we need to
move on. But it is only in our aloneness that
the spirit path appears to us."
Taking a guitar off his shoulder that
had been bound by a strap, he asked, "But
how can I leave them?" His concern was a
common one. "You cannot bring somebody
from the outside in, if you try, you will fail.
The spirit path is within; all that is without
cannot go there." "How can I go there?" He
asked. "Live your life according to caring, do
not become self-righteous, but seek to
become the highest ideal within yourself. Be
the light, but do not be afraid of the
darkness. Allow things to be altered through
you, rather than by you. And never exalt
yourself above the human race, because it is
only by being fully human and fully spirit
that you may serve and ultimately give
brent
(Brent)
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