Spirituality and the "Crowd"

All in your life is in the invulnerable and invincible guidance of the Lovemind, and so, you are also learning to believe that everything is for the good. It is good that you are beginning to settle and adapt to your new environment. I spent the first twenty years of my life struggling to adapt selfexpression to a rigid, radically rightwing fundamentalist community. If I had to do that today, I'd probably pop a cork or blow a gasket!:)

Fortunately, blessedly, the being you are inside is totally unaffected by community. Your Soul, and more deeply,the Spirit-identity is absolutely untouched by the people around you-- by their fears, their bigotries, their bitterness, etc.

It certainly helps to have such splendid role-models. You could not possibly do better, spiritually, than Theresa of Avila and John of the Cross. These are magnificent historical examples of the Enlightenment Tradition in Christianity, also known as the Way of Love!

Since you must put on a little armor of the Spirit, but not become untouchable or insulated from community and human feelings, it is crucial for you to do regular spiritual reading. Here, may I make a suggestion?

As you might know, I've written several books on the Enlightenment Tradition. These all can be accessed, free, or downloaded, free, from the website: loveministries.org

Please do access the site asap. Do yourself the greatest favor of internal healing possible, by fortifying your pursuit of the Love Tradition, by good reading. Recommended: the book called Journey to the Center of the Soul: Mysticism Made Simple is a good, thorough intro to the psychology and philosophy of the Way, with many historical examples and quotations. For something a little "lighter," but also deeply immersed in the Way, check out Falling in Love with Yourself: Love and the Inner Beloved.