Hard Move Up

Voice : Well Done !

Me : Thanks. That haunted me for a long time ! I know you helped me, didn't you ?

Voice : Just a little bit.

Me : Ha Ha. Your help is always more than just a 'little bit'.

Voice : I saw your effort and it drew My Grace. Your sacrifice, hard work and determination got Me to take notice.  

Me : Thanks. I was stuck with this one hard climbing move I could not make. It prevented me to finish this climbing route. I kept falling but I knew I had to find a way to overcome this if I didn't want to remain stagnant in my climbing pursuits. 

Voice : But you did try to dodge this difficult move and choose another rock face.. 

Me : Yes I did..only to realise that the exact same move appeared even on the other rock face ! 

Voice : So then what did you do ?

Me : I knew this difficulty level had to be overcome. That climbing move was hard but I knew I would never make it to the summit or pass the climbing grade unless I conquered this. I just worked harder with my practice, upped my training and choose all that was difficult and didn't give up.   

Voice : And that's the same with your life.   

Me : Meaning ?  

Voice : Just the way it was with the rock face, it's the same with people in your life. Faces may change, but that move that you have to make, to overcome stagnation will keep appearing and persist until you use all your strength to do that which is difficult. And when you transcend it, you will feel the spiritual progress in your heart. 

Me : What do you mean ? 

Voice : You can brush things aside, keep it under the carpet, avoid confrontation, allow storage in the deep recess on your consciousness but that doesn’t make it go away. If a hard path shows up, then it’s meant to be overcome. 

Could you ever skip a difficult patch on the way to the summit ?

Me : No.

Voice : You can love the whole world but it you have even one person you cannot love, it will haunt you like that climbing move - even surfacing into the next lives. 

People forget that the deal was not about the ones you can love, but the one you cannot. And when you love the one you cannot, you will be able to love the whole world ! That's the big move that pushes you up and few can overcome it.   

Triumphing over hurt, anger or resentment are your climbing grades to the summit. You can only temporarily dodge them but they will persist.  

Me : Hmm 

Voice : Make those difficult moves and finish the climb you have started. I haven't just given you the qualities to be only a good rock climber.

Me : Right! 

Voice : Overcome the weakness of your ego and embrace the strength of My love. I will help you. 

Just the way your harness and rope is your safety gear, its the same with My love and guidance in your uneasy situations. You are a determined climber. I know you don't give up easily.

Me : Yep! 

Voice : If a relationship carries the weight of pain, endeavour to lighten it.  

Get over with anything that weighs you down. We still have many climbs together on much harder routes in this lifetime.  

Me : Damn 

Voice : There is a reason why summits are vacant places.