Infinite Way Writings
| Weekly Passage - for week of 6/19/05
"Make no mistake, this is the most difficult of paths; this is the most difficult life there is. It is far easier for a person to become a Croesus with fabulous wealth or to attain great fame than to succeed in attaining the spiritual life. It is far easier to accomplish anything in the human world than in the spiritual because in the spiritual world you and I are called upon to "die" before we can attain what we are seeking. "The spiritual life is not gained by giving up smoking or drinking or the eating of meat, or by studying for a few years, or by attending church or classes. If only it were that easy! The Kingdom is attained by "dying daily." Every day of the week, as a part of our involvement in the life of the Spirit, we must see to it that some trace of humanhood either leaves us or is sent about its business. Every problem must be viewed as an opportunity to rise above whatever the situation may be, and if that sounds too difficult, it is better not to begin. But if there is a drive in us that compels us to go forward, then we must be patient and persist until we do attain. "Attainment is possible to everyone who sets out on this spiritual adventure, and it is possible without price - except the one great price. There is a price: "Sell all that thou hast." That is the price, and it is paid in the coin of our devotion. It is the price the Master demanded of his followers when he told them, "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. . . . Sell all that thou hast. . . . Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." From this we can understand how difficult spiritual attainment is and why our progress is slow, and we will not complain. We will be satisfied, realizing that if the followers of Jesus in his day had to walk those steps, so do we." -- from Joel Goldsmith's "A Parenthesis in Eternity" Return to the 2005 Weekly Passage Archive Page |