Defenselessness
God's teachers have learned
how to be simple. They have no dreams that need defense against
the truth.
They do not try to make
themselves.
Their joy comes from their
understanding Who created them.
And does what God created
need defense?
No one can become an advanced
teacher of God until he fully understands that defenses are but
the foolish guardians of mad illusions.
The more grotesque the dream,
the fiercer and more powerful its defenses seem to be.
Yet when the teacher of
God finally agrees to look past them, he finds nothing was there.
Slowly at first he lets
himself be undeceived. But he learns faster as his trust increases.
It is not danger that
comes when defenses are laid down.
- It is safety.
- It is peace.
- It is joy.
- And it is God.