dailydatewithgod

Even with all the accepted truths and understandings in existence in the universe, the paradoxes still exist. It can range from disappointing or disheartening to outright betrayal when we come to grips with a paradox.  It is part of the maturity process.  We begin to investigate the accepted beliefs and so-called truths that seemed to have no opposite when we were growing up.  Often the first bump we have is when we realize things are not always what they seem.  Or we wake up to a fact that has multiple layers to it.  We feel a sense of safety from what we perceive as being solid and unbreakable.  Growing up is coming to terms with the paradoxes which make real for us the fragility of us and our lives.  Paradoxes are neither disheartening nor enlightening within themselves.  They are simply a reality of the duality in which we exist. Most spiritual concepts are simple in nature and it is what draws us to them.  Navigating how to adopt them and incorporate them into our lives is where the paradoxes show up.  Making peace with the presence of paradoxes as the nature of coming to know the truth of who we are at our core which contains no paradox is the dance of life.  One who has experienced the love of God finds no paradox in that.  How the experience then affects all other areas of his or her life in the little and grand moments is where paradox appears.  Knowing how to return to a space where no paradox exists is the invitation God extends to us.   It is up to us how often we accept the invitation.