Sprint, relay and shot-put - very few participate in tests of merit - the majority will watch on and pontificate.
If you consider just how few actually practise and excel, you might surmise also that similarly when it comes to aptitude and application this applies to spiritual training also.
The will to truly commit to such training with vigour and earnestness is rare indeed. Many are spectators, some, philosophers, whilst often can never comprehend the very real effort behind the ‘glory’.
This is not to chastise or shame the populace - and yet, it is not enough that we, by mere association, wear the glory of our spiritual athletes, the martyrs, the initiates, the luminaries, who have given their lives and tested their souls in ways that we cannot imagine.
Life within this world is hard enough for most, and we each walk our own path tested and guided along the way … however there comes the realisation not only of what we may become, but also what we are not.
Humility offers a perspective from which we can truly begin to strive - providing clarification at the outset, the honesty and furthermore the appreciation for the worthy. Such acknowledgement of the great souls does not belittle that of our own efforts - and it is the least we can do overall.
Be grateful to those who have worked as they have for Humanity as the collective is thus improved thereby.
We give thanks for the souls of true striving
The will to truly commit to such training with vigour and earnestness is rare indeed. Many are spectators, some, philosophers, whilst often can never comprehend the very real effort behind the ‘glory’.
This is not to chastise or shame the populace - and yet, it is not enough that we, by mere association, wear the glory of our spiritual athletes, the martyrs, the initiates, the luminaries, who have given their lives and tested their souls in ways that we cannot imagine.
Life within this world is hard enough for most, and we each walk our own path tested and guided along the way … however there comes the realisation not only of what we may become, but also what we are not.
Humility offers a perspective from which we can truly begin to strive - providing clarification at the outset, the honesty and furthermore the appreciation for the worthy. Such acknowledgement of the great souls does not belittle that of our own efforts - and it is the least we can do overall.
Be grateful to those who have worked as they have for Humanity as the collective is thus improved thereby.
We give thanks for the souls of true striving
- Godbless them all.
