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Ron Chapman continued the interview.
In his words, “I wish I could announce these as my personal
success story. But they are not mine to claim. They are the results of a Power
that sometimes flows through me now that the self has been reduced enough to
permit it. I am allowed to observe these matters, sometimes with joy, and
sometimes with sadness, but always with wonder and curiosity.
A spiritual teacher once taught me that the secret is not in
getting what you want, but in wanting what you get. Probably, this is the means
to happiness. And probably it is the only path to genuine service to others.”
Ron’s perspective, “While I now reside in Atlanta and
regularly retreat to Upstate South Carolina, the world is my home. Seeing True
is a core practice. In short, it is the manifestation of the great scriptural
motif ‘was blind but now I see.’ When we see, problems can be resolved and
inner peace becomes possible.
Magnetic North is another core notion. It proposes that each
of us has inner guidance sufficient for all our needs though we may have to
find it and learn to navigate it. Hummingbirds are the living metaphor given
their capacity to travel unerringly across continents to the same backyard they
frequented in previous years.”
His advice, “With all this as my story, what can you do? Do
not allow your fears and reluctance to keep you from going forth on your path.
As much as we seem to think that someone can point us and guide us, the journey
unfolds as every step. In the end, no one can take a step for us and no one can
do our inner work.
Faith is not gullibility, it is certainty based on
experience … hammered out on the anvil of that experience. Hope is realized
when we move ever so hesitantly forward.
And sometimes we will meet our fellow travelers with a
glance, a perfectly timed word or a hand extended.”
Ron closed with his contact information, “Find my hand at
rccgroup@bigplanet.com.”
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