I am around a month into my vacation, having taken six weeks off work to go home to south africa, see family and friends. I havnt been writing much, but hope to get back into blogging again in a couple of weeks. Hope everyone has a growing and happy 2009!!

:)
Bruce

My inner practice the last few weeks has been based on this profound statement by Christ 'Resist not evil'. What did he mean by that? Simply, whatever negative irrational emotion arises within your awareness, simply notice it, and dont engage it or try and push it away. Notice it, name it and surrender it to Spirit. Do this and keep turning to the light, and if its not shadow material, then it will fade away.

The other line i like is 'dont worship false gods'. To me, this means that emotions, like fear, doubt, even love and happiness, should not control you and direct you. The key again is to let them be there and keep surrendering them to Spirit.

As I write this, i think that the caveat to 'resist not evil' should also be 'grasp not onto good'. Offer all happiness and joy to Spirit too, keeping returning it to the Source.

In my hometown of Durban, South Africa, I met many Christians who I feel are enlightened and dont even know it. They have spent their whole lives surrendering to Jesus that sanctification has occurred, and they are among the most peaceful, loving and accepting people I know. I found that ironic that I ran around teh world in search of the mythical enlightenment (which is real when you realize you can never find it..lol) only to come home and find that there are a bunch of liberated folks in my own back yard. God has a sense of humor..

love
Bruce