Attending to Attar, Day 18
Excuses get you nowhere. Release the me of the body and they will blow away like dust in the wind. Your attachments to this and that are weighty. It takes grit to break these links to the world. Life holds tight to its desires, but the core of your existence lies in the room within. To knock at the door is not for idlers who make excuses. You appear at the door but say that you are weak and ineffective. “Why bother?”, you ask. Yet, all who enter are received.
The room within is your sanctuary. On its altar burns an ember which is joy. You are this joy. You know this in your heart where it cannot be said. Love blooms when your heart holds no fear. Without fear, love in your heart reflects as the joy that is your true nature. Joy awaits your awareness. It is neither guide nor companion on your journey. You are joy. It births you into the world. You are what you seek. When you know this, you will be silent. You will find no words to say.
Enter the room within. Herein lies the hall of mirrors that reflects your light out into the world. But you cast a shadow on the land when the me of the body blocks the light that is your true nature. Then joy is veiled in fear. But the shadow never separates from the light. The me of the body, even with all its fear, is never separated from your true nature. What you do not know in the world, you know within. Commune with joy. Live without excuses. You have no reason not to know your own reality and to express joy’s loving-kindness to all. So, stop making excuses. Begin the journey now.
