In a more general sense, the theme of "The Two Roads" is about putting vocation on one side and any other path on the other side. So, what we must reinforce in this theme is the choice of our vocation. Anything that distracts us from our vocation makes us cling to it, making it clear that this is what we want to pursue.
However, it happens that at every moment we have two or more roads, and we do not focus on our vocation. That is, at every moment we need to answer if the path that opens in front of us is in accordance with what we have chosen. Therefore, it is not just a matter of looking at a path of light and another of shadows, but rather at a path in which all the lights appear to us, having to discern which one is the one that leads us to where we want to go; and which of them is the one that is leading me astray. This means that we must make this choice at every moment, seeking to discern what we will do, how we will do it and why we will do it; what meaning it has; what relationship it would have with something better that we could do, according to what we choose to do with our lives. That is, we are invited to discernment moment by moment, in the sense of choosing what we are going to do and the type of being we want to be.
We often experience a certain degree of frustration, without realizing why, and this can be a consequence of a disagreement between our choice and our performance. It is not a question of having done strange things, or sins or evil things. But we feel that we didn't do things well, or at least not in the best way we could.
We don't make choices only in the moments of test. For example, let's imagine that, in life, we are driving a car and life is the path through which the car passes. If the path is paved, but with the pavement in poor condition. If we think we are good on this path, we can go straight without looking too much at it and, consequently, hit practically all the holes. On the other hand, those who drive well, dodge all the potholes they can. In other words, in fact, we cannot take our eyes off the path. And even though they are small holes, in the end we feel that we did not have a good trip. It can even hurt our bodies.
So, these small frustrations are not due to lack of vocation, but sometimes due to lack of discernment that, at each moment, we can really do what would be best. This also does not mean that we should be censoring ourselves, at every moment, whether we did what was best, but rather that we should remain alert to know what we are deciding at each moment.
Sometimes a doubt arises because it is also something that we always ask ourselves in meditation, which is the fact that being The Two Roads, we tend to make a choice. However, the election is the effect for when we work on the next theme, the Standard. Therein lies the confusion because the effect of The Two Roads is Detachment, and it is related to what we should do when we identify what we are attached to, since it can be something we have always done, including that we like to do it. It can even be attachment to a person who needs to be free of us. Attachments can be related to bad habits of life and to the great election of my life.
The effect of this meditation would have to be great freedom in decisions. We don't do something because we like it, or because it suits us, but because we are lives, at every moment, to discern doing what we choose to do.
However, it happens that at every moment we have two or more roads, and we do not focus on our vocation. That is, at every moment we need to answer if the path that opens in front of us is in accordance with what we have chosen. Therefore, it is not just a matter of looking at a path of light and another of shadows, but rather at a path in which all the lights appear to us, having to discern which one is the one that leads us to where we want to go; and which of them is the one that is leading me astray. This means that we must make this choice at every moment, seeking to discern what we will do, how we will do it and why we will do it; what meaning it has; what relationship it would have with something better that we could do, according to what we choose to do with our lives. That is, we are invited to discernment moment by moment, in the sense of choosing what we are going to do and the type of being we want to be.
We often experience a certain degree of frustration, without realizing why, and this can be a consequence of a disagreement between our choice and our performance. It is not a question of having done strange things, or sins or evil things. But we feel that we didn't do things well, or at least not in the best way we could.
We don't make choices only in the moments of test. For example, let's imagine that, in life, we are driving a car and life is the path through which the car passes. If the path is paved, but with the pavement in poor condition. If we think we are good on this path, we can go straight without looking too much at it and, consequently, hit practically all the holes. On the other hand, those who drive well, dodge all the potholes they can. In other words, in fact, we cannot take our eyes off the path. And even though they are small holes, in the end we feel that we did not have a good trip. It can even hurt our bodies.
So, these small frustrations are not due to lack of vocation, but sometimes due to lack of discernment that, at each moment, we can really do what would be best. This also does not mean that we should be censoring ourselves, at every moment, whether we did what was best, but rather that we should remain alert to know what we are deciding at each moment.
Sometimes a doubt arises because it is also something that we always ask ourselves in meditation, which is the fact that being The Two Roads, we tend to make a choice. However, the election is the effect for when we work on the next theme, the Standard. Therein lies the confusion because the effect of The Two Roads is Detachment, and it is related to what we should do when we identify what we are attached to, since it can be something we have always done, including that we like to do it. It can even be attachment to a person who needs to be free of us. Attachments can be related to bad habits of life and to the great election of my life.
The effect of this meditation would have to be great freedom in decisions. We don't do something because we like it, or because it suits us, but because we are lives, at every moment, to discern doing what we choose to do.