When Dogma Takes Over The Heart

You know what I mean …

Dogma is any belief held unquestioningly and with indefensible certainty.

Dogma: from ancient Greek: opinion, belief, judgement … it seems that.
Heart: innermost part or essence.

This is exactly where we go wrong, when we follow the form (words) and only talk about essence and compassion, while essence is the actual realisation beyond words, and behind the scenes.

I’ve been in ‘spiritual’ organisations for over fifty years, and have rarely come across a heart, but there’s plenty of dogma. We must question our dogmatism moment by moment, and take what we realise to heart.

Take to heart: be deeply affected or hurt by something.

It is in the very rawness of life
and acknowledgement of suffering
that our ‘path’ starts to clear.

That’s the good news.
🙂