the narrow path

lies strewn to the side
* * *
as we sit to contemplate our connection to god.

i haven't thought about jesus in a while.
i mean specifically.
yet every moment is laced with god.
it made me think ...

that you have to do anything,
even think about ...
pray to ...
worship ...
praise ... jesus christ
to have god dwelling within you
is contrary to the belief
that god dwells within you.

focusing thoughts on things that are contrived,
things that you feel you just "must do" ...
things that you do "for them" ...
thoughts that are based on someone else's reminders
about what it is to be connected to god:
what its like on their journey.

then the circular judgment (or comparison)
of a teaching to the journey of your own
is the complication religion and their leaders
contrary to the simple command
of the one who is The Teacher ...
"YOU, follow me."

since god dwells within ...
like it or not ...
defined or not ...
realized or not ...
accepted or not ...

i mean, god (however you look at god)
is the source of all.
and the source of all
cannot be separated from itself ...
right?

i guess we are all ok with where we are
unless we are not
and then its only a matter of acceptance
that god dwells within
and god's grace is
that "it is all good"
because god is good, right?

i think jesus would rather we skip
the external and live
the eternal.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'