As concentric circles from a stone tossed into a pond radiates energy outward from the center, so too does the intention of God within you. It is natural, it feels right. Intentionality imposed from without trying to converge upon your heart is unnatural. This is the lesson of the “should’s and ‘thou shalt’s.” You spend many of your formative years learning behaviors which are motivated externally. The crucial lesson of spirituality is to reverse the flow of motivation and intentionality from an external basis to an internal, spirit-guided, basis. - [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1999-01-15-Exercise_Peacefulness#Lesson Andirondeck] | As concentric circles from a stone tossed into a pond radiates energy outward from the center, so too does the intention of God within you. It is natural, it feels right. Intentionality imposed from without trying to converge upon your heart is unnatural. This is the lesson of the “should’s and ‘thou shalt’s.” You spend many of your formative years learning behaviors which are motivated externally. The crucial lesson of spirituality is to reverse the flow of motivation and intentionality from an external basis to an internal, spirit-guided, basis. - [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1999-01-15-Exercise_Peacefulness#Lesson Andirondeck] |