"I can only understand and love you when I accept me. I can only live life without bitterness when I accept me. When I accept the ashole within me, the entire world becomes saints."
-- Ananda Abinou
Sure, you've got God within you. That inner spark of the Divine may be small, but it burns oh so brightly. Every yogi worth his loin cloth, every Christ worth his cross has told you that. And still you don't believe it, you don't live as if you and the Primordial Ground of Being are One.
So, let's try a different approach. You may not be able to accept your own divinity, but if you're truly honest with yourself, you know there are times when you're a real asshole! You know, those times when ego takes over, when you are far less than loving, when you hold a grudge, or judge others harshly, or eat the last piece of chocolate when you've already had more than your share. Let's capitalize on that insight into your lesser qualities. Let's enter the Divine through the back door. Let's head straight to Heaven through your inner asshole!
It's simple: You look at the worst of your behavior and learn to accept it. Simple, not necessarily easy. Whatever you've thought, done, or felt does not define you. You let it go, and lo and behold, you're still standing. Accepting your worst behavior does not mean that you indulge it, though. Truly seeing it takes you through it and beyond it. Then, you, too, will be on the road to the World of Saints that Ananda talks about above.
You avoid your Light because it shines too bright. You avoid your darkness because it's way too scary. But sometimes there is a certain comfort in the dark. It is at least familiar. And so you enter it. When you do, you have entered the Path of the Inner Asshole. When you accept yourself completely -- all the warts, pimples, and blemishes on your soul -- you also can accept others completely, accept the world completely. And then, everyone is a saint, all of life is divine.
Sure, you've come in through the back door. Who cares? Take a shower, relax. You're home.
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