The Spiritual Life

Favorite Quotes

1. Do not do that which you hate. Jesus, Gospel of Thomas, 6
2. Great power comes late. Lao Tzu, 41

Note: great power comes late utterly negates the model of those freaks like Mozart and, say, Picasso who the world loves to hold up before you to discourage you from finding and then following your own vocation. Life is a journey and that journey is long and leads properly to an awakening--"great power comes late." Do not let yourself become confused by the model taken from freaks who very likely will be so smitten with their own talents that they will awaken to nothing at all and end up useless human beings--despite their talents! 

On this see the film "The Natural" which is about that precisely: "developing your Self" instead of relying "too much on your gift."

This is the Teaching that Roy is given at the very beginning of the film and is the key to understanding the shocking turn of events that, in fact, take the boy's gift from him and force him back on the only thing he has, his Self. It is a piece of American mythology that hooks itself right back into that great Tradition we call the Hero's Journey. Study it with great care. It will help you, if you understand its message. JWC