Acting from the Heart (TMF:1943)

Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Peace to Live By: Acting from the Heart (TMF:1943) - Daniel Litton
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       We must conclude that the only acting that works is the acting that we really want to do, that is, acting that comes from our hearts. We’ve all had this experience. In grade school or even college you took classes that you really didn’t want to take. They were required, so you had to take them in order to move closer to the goal of succeeding. It wasn’t fun, but because of the way the school systems are, it was required. So, both you and I know that feeling—the feeling of doing something we really don’t want to do. It’s a restriction of freedom. If we succeeded in those classes, it was because we looked past them at what? We looked at what doing good would get us in the near future. The suffering was temporary and the reward was right around the corner. If we didn’t do well in them, it is because we were enslaved by the very thought of them, and gave into all the negative emotions that accompanied taking the classes. We obviously then didn’t end up with a good end result. If we know this feeling then, why do so many people spend their lives following after it—following Christianity in a way that is uncomfortable and even dreadful?