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Originally Posted by Joe Mc
...despite the suffering or trauma, it seems that love is very powerful and once experienced, especially at a spiritual level, leaves an impression that impels us to take up our staff and bundle and journey.
Isn't there an Indian analogy which says that once we have entered the Spiritual Path, it is like placing your head inside a tiger's jaws and it cannot be removed !  |
Indeed. I like that. Once we are on the journey then something within impels us to keep going. Occasionally we may sit down and rest, occasionally we may go on a detour, but we cannot ignore this inner impulse for too long.
And it can be a very uncomfortable journey. In my younger days when I struggled with so many aspects of the "spiritual" life I would sometimes look at people who seemed quite content with their everyday lives and envy them, because their heads were not in the tiger's jaws, so to speak.
But it is all worth it.
Peace