Spiritual Procrastination

I read this section of The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda today that is so timely and relevant to the thoughts I've been having...

"You have the vanity to believe that you live in two worlds, but that is only your vanity. There is but one single world for us. We are men, and must follow the world of men contentedly."

Spirit may give us peace, clarity, joy, insight into ourselves... But it will not tell us what we 'should' do with our lives. It is our journey and God, frankly, doesn't give a crap.

Our desires, wants and dreams are creations of our own ego. We feel a calling to a destiny but, as beautiful and necessary to the human experience as that calling is, it is still a human creation.

Many of us have, at times, found ourselves spending arguably too much human time exploring the beyond, seeking answers. We find ourselves at an impasse in life or otherwise lost, unable to make decisions about our next step. We avoid making decisions because we do not want to accept the possible less-than-ideal consequences that may come of said decisions. So we spend more and more time looking to the beyond, as if some answer will reveal itself about what we should do with our human journeys.

Let's call it Spiritual Procrastination.

Spirit is not an other. God is another angle of humanity. Spirituality and Science are not at odds; they are simply different languages of interpreting and/or measuring this funny thing we call "reality."

So, no: the universe aint gonna clear the way for us. The way belongs to us. We still need to pull the trigger. We still need to make decisions. The freedom to face-plant after an ill-advised chess move is at the core of what it is to be human.

Spirit doesn't care if you should quit your job or buy that house. Spirit's only contribution to our lives is to motivate us (by way of connecting us via the oneness of consciousness) to live in a state of loving kindness. All the cool human shit that happens (like success in business or a sign pointing us to the perfect house) are simply side effects of staying true to our highest selves.

All that said... I am Spiritually Procrastinating like a mother#amp;amp;@er right now! Working through it though! Just give me a month or two. I swear.

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