Comments on: Do You Choose Easy or Difficult?

By: Baker

Baker — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:12:52 +0000

I resonate with this post. Many times the hard things we have to do are actually lessons we need to learn for our own personal development. I like the straight to the point structure in this post.

Abundance to you,
Baker

By: amanda@choosing-life-my-way.com

amanda@choosing-life-my-way.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:26:35 +0000

Straight to the point, and thought-provoking. It is true that the things that will help us learn and grow the most are not the easier choices. We need to have courage and choose them anyway!

By: Omar

Omar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:55:53 +0000

And sometimes you might believe something is easy and it really isn’t

By: kris

kris — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:14:17 +0000

so true, yet so simple…

By: Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot

Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:55:50 +0000

Short and sweet. Interesting that a short post likes this leaves me wanting more and also thinking more about the examples. Nice work Julian:) Keep up the fab writing.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:42:23 +0000

@Bamboo Forest – PunIntended
@Jon | Adventures of The Fearless

Very interesting comments guys, I thought I’d add a quote from Kahlil Gibran’s wonderful little book ‘The Prophet’:

“And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children. And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees.”

I think that in some ways Spirituality is the most obvious and natural thing in the world, but realising this and really living in the light of this realisation is probably the most difficult thing in the world.

For if we are all part of this great big ‘Oneness’ then every time we hurt another we hurt ourselves. Every time we see someone suffering, we realise that person is as close to us as our friends and family. Every time we hear of murder, war, famine… our heart breaks. What can we do?

In my humble opinion Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t being poetic when he said:

“Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement, properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action”.

By: Jon | Adventures of The Fearless

Jon | Adventures of The Fearless — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:27:46 +0000

I disagree bamboo, a person doesn’t become more enlightened or more sprititual they simply become aware and realize they are already that which they are trying to obtain. Realization of what a person is, is not difficult. The challenge lays with acknowledging the beliefs that you may have held for so long are inaccurate and allowing them to collapse.

Great post by the way

By: Bamboo Forest - PunIntended

Bamboo Forest - PunIntended — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:43:05 +0000

You know… This may sound odd. But the truth is: Spirituality is difficult.

Though, it really makes sense. Anything so wondrous and worthwhile as becoming a more enlightened person is going to demand tremendous effort. The rewards, though, are more than worth it.