Growing up I always wondered what people talked about in hushed tones when they said things like ‘jazz’, ‘fetish’, ‘strange’ and the like. I would wonder what they spoke about so excitedly while at the same time maintaining a rather calm, sober, usually disappointed, sometimes fearful mien trying not to look so excited. It was rather like they did not want to talk about it, yet they wanted to. Like they were not happy about it yet, they were happy to talk about it. Maybe even like they were happy to talk about it but would rather look like they did not! Hmn! The subterfuges of the human mind....
As it turned out, having had personal spiritual encounters earlier in life, I grew up quietly nursing those encounters. When I did speak about them it was with the hope and general longing that I would not be mistaken for a nut case.
Now, I know that there is nothing more obvious, more in your face and more generally accepted than the spiritual. Everyone’s talking about it and everyone’s not having qualms about talking about it to one person or the other. In fact the only reason it seemed it was hushed back then was because I was a kid and no one thought they should discuss such stuff in front of kids.
Not so anymore. If you are above twenty five and you claim ignorance of the spiritual you are truly ignorant and you would pay the price.
First there is an Omniscient God. Then, there is an ‘opposition party’- headed by the devil. Of course, the opposition is grossly outnumbered and pathetically disadvantaged but human beings are still roughly divided between God and it. If you are claiming ignorance of either you are in some pretty steep trouble because the playing field against you isn’t level. Everyone’s getting help somewhere and you’re not. Poor you!
Well, I have since learnt of the battle for my life- the plans that God has for me and how close I would get to taking that and the devil would bring along a distraction. I have since learnt of times I failed God in this already won non- battle for Supremacy and I marvel at the ease with which it was easier for me to glide into the devil’s agenda than believe God. I mean, face the devil in the realm of the flesh, emotions and logic and he would whip you every time! I have thrived on things making sense and when my spirit receives from God I have had the tendency to take brain over non-matter, every time.
Finally, though I’m seeing there’s nothing to what we see. Each thing I gave up for common sense was always a setup. Rather like to tell me, ‘Where’s the common sense now?’ or ‘Where’s the common sense in that?’ If I have to give up something for common sense and find in the end that there was no sense in what looked so sensible then common sense has failed.
And when I follow my knowing- that spiritual state that does not appeal to the senses; that pointedly defies all logic, everything falls into place. Life decisions and changes have been made on this; in this realm, and nothing has fallen apart even when they looked like they will. Tell me now, where isn’t the common sense in that? Now, between the common sense that fails and the spiritual that beats all logic but delivers and never fails, which is the common sense?
I bet the answer is pretty obvious... to everyone with a bit of common sense.
