Process or Product

Another day, another mile along the journey. Another panel on the window of my life.

I was contemplating this journey this morning on my drive into work. To be a bit more specific, I was considering what I think God expects of us.

It began, really as I lamented that my walk was less than perfect... that I found it too easy to forget to communicate with that Divine Presence in us all. Days go by, sometimes, when I neglect my spirit.

It seems the Christian life as espoused by my childhood church, and most Christian churches, for that matter, spend far too much effort focused on that. Perfection. Perfection is the ideal. It's what is held up to us. My childhood churches has it's saints which are held up to us as examples of what we should strive for.

Posh! Perfection is not possible. Those saints were not perfect. They were ultimately just as flawed as am I or anyone who might stumble upon this blog. It's not the result that matters. In the great scheme of things, from a spiritual perspective, it's not the result that matters to the Divine Presence, and it's not the result that matters to me.

When it comes to spirituality, not religion, mind you, but spirituality... when it comes to the journey with Divinity that I seek, the result is merely the effort. Process. Our journey, our spiritual actualization, is process, not attainment or destination.

The real sin isn't to be imperfect or even to fail to strive to attain perfection. The sin is to not enter into the process.

My friend today told me she's trying to "focus on finding out who I am, defining me... because I don't know who I am." She's decided to enter the process. Because, I believe that ultimately, it's that quest to "find out who I am, define myself" that IS spirituality, it is process. It's participating in the journey to the Divine Presence, the Other Within.

Reflecting on her comments it comes to me that most of humanity spends a good share of our existence not only not knowing who we are, but also not even trying to find out... or for that matter most are unaware that there is something TO find out.

So, once more, l dive in to this process of seeking that Inner Other that is my destiny. Care to join me?

!Snort!

So! There!