Follow the thread of joy out of the mind's labyrinth. Follow Ariadne's thread.
When the mind turns sour, it finds fault with everyone. At each twist and turn of thought, mind becomes more skeptical, more critical, until finally devoured by the minotaur of cynicism. We are so easily lost in negative thinking, especially in this internet age. We can follow the labyrinthine links to entire websites of negation, dedicated to trashing any subject or any public figure we choose.
No one is spared: Presidents, Gurus, Thomas Jefferson, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, even Mr. Rogers! Let's not forget that popular opinion, which is negative mind, has always been obsessed with three things: money, sex, and fear of the dark. Thus the people even turned on Jesus, accusing him of conspiring with tax collectors, illicit affairs with "fallen" women, and demonic possession.
Yet in every mind, there is a trace of beauty, a thread of joy, the call of Dharma, to lead one out of dark thinking, into radiant unbounded awareness. It is the still quiet voice of what you love.
However tangent, insignificant or incidental, find your thread of Grace, glistening there at your feet like melting dew, or like the tatter of some spider's moon-work. Don't hesitate! That silk may soon vanish. Ignore the voices of mind that tempt you down gloomy paths of fearful speculation.
Follow your innocence. This is the Way of the Goddess, the weaver of paths, She who was abandoned by the haughty Theseus, but wedded to Dionysius, the ecstatic dancer. She became the mother of the vine!
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