Up before dawn this morning; I never sleep well on Sunday nights. For me, there is too much weekend in the week! I try to eat well, but Saturday and Sunday find me overindulging in sugar and anything tempting. I had strange dreams last night, but they are now just beyond reach. In case you haven’t noticed, I harp on the same things….

I am still suffering and imperfect.
I am anxious and deluded.
Although I have studied truth for decades, I remain unfed.

Those bullet items apply to all of us.

So what is wrong? The answer is simple. The ego never learns; it can’t because it is unreal.

“From the unreal, lead me to the real.” I forget who said that, but that sentence has been around forever.

So I am unreal seeking the real. Jesus said, “Seek and ye shall find.” So why haven’t I found?

Oh, I have periods of inner peace but the ego is still intent on destroying the little I have.
“From the unreal, lead me to the real.”

I write as I am led to write and it never grows old; I was born to do this for the few. The many are still deaf to the possibility of awakening.

So what is awakening if suffering remains? Suffering is a purification if you take it as such.

So go ahead and suffer; it is inescapable. Use it, do it, live and breathe it.

Your true life demands a sacrifice, which is your suffering Die daily. Forget. Die again. Rise again. This is the true way. There is no such thing as an ego becoming spiritual. Never forget that. Don’t be a hypocrite. In due time, time will be demolished and only the real will remain.

Vicki Woodyard