When we try to change, we meet hardship. When we merely open, we become changed.
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Dear Carolyn,
Thank you for that great quote! So many people want to change, yet so few allow themselves to open up towards their inner suffering to become changed. Travelling towards the horizon of your known world is always infinitely more easier than actually crossing it. As I’ve written in a post of mine: there’s often a tremendous fear to make a step into the Great Unknown because the fear to loose everything is still greater than the hope to win everything. Opening up towards a dark Unknown requires courage (lots of it!), a most humble approach, hope and a deep trust into something which is, and will always remain, a deep Mystery. This is súch a difficult task, because by all means the ego wants to keep your focus on your familiar little world, where it can exert its totalitarian control. Any attempt to go beyond this “ego cocoon” is met with the strongest resistance. Ego fears its utter annihilation if one opens up to something greater, yet it often fails to recognize that befriending one’s inner suffering and darkness is a way towards healing, receptivity and a more natural perspective. It’s a doorway towards genuine compassion, tolerance and empathy. Inner suffering is only truly painful when it is seen through the lenses of the superficial ego; it’s an agent of healing and change when seen from the wider perspective of the soul.