L I F E

A SPINNER IN THE SUN

A large black spider ran swiftly along his elaborate web suspended in mid-air between two branches of a swaying willow tree. The early morning sun hit the diadem of dew drops and made them spurt rainbow lights in a magic circle about his splendid achievement.

He, like some magnificent Feudal Lord, suddenly let himself glide through space to the far reaches of his domain to reinforce a guy wire, made a lordly inspection of his estate and returned as suddenly and as easily as he had descended, to rest in silken dalliance in the center of his universe.

I looked at this masterpiece of engineering, any master engineer would have been proud to have created a like thing, and yet the spider had drawn it all from within himself. His whole world and way of expression came from within. He unwound his web upon which he was to go. Effortlessly traveled blithely over it and then retrieved it at will.

As I stood there watching the amazing spectacle the words of Jesus came forcibly to me - "I Am the Way" - the way of every man lies within him. Until he discovers that he lays his own way and travels it, he will insist that some outside influence is affecting his course in life. This sudden realization that everything has to come from within may jolt the lazy old human thought out of its self hypnosis; but the sooner it is discovered the sooner will the results take place which he has been seeking for so many years. How is it that Jesus repeatedly says "Look within - ask Me - Call upon Me - whatsoever you ask" and a host of other things, if the resources or the wherewithal from which to produce these things were not there? "Go within - shut the door," etc., a thousand and one admonitions are given to find within yourself the thing you are looking for on the outside. Find it first as a reality, as the spider, before he plumbs his first line, finds the completed web within himself. "I AM The Way" - I AM is the Christ within you, your personal Christ.

Man, having lost his way in the maze of human thought, has failed to hear the words "I AM the way" - and continues to try to demonstrate the way of LIFE> He is all-unsuspecting that he too has within him all that is necessary to "go" anywhere he desires. as with the spider, he has it all within himself but he keeps trying to get it on the outside.

The moment he discovers this inner resource he will re-orientate himself and chart his way by the sky Map given him by Jesus the Christ.

No man can by thinking do much, but by consciousness and recognition of his Divinity he can find a "way ye know not of" - he can escape the hopeless pattern of human destiny and Karmic debt. He will understand then how it is he must "be still and know that I am God" - and how it also is "then went he in and shut the door."

Some of the magic of BEING "the Way" instead of trying to demonstrate an outside force, is shown in the movements of Jesus - when "instantly he was on the other side of the lake" - can you think that out - or make a way by which this would be possible? I believe not - you have to BE the WAY - or can you imagine demonstrating the way through a crowd? Unless you discover this wonderful capacity something or somebody is continually blocking your progress - but once you recognize it - then you manifest it. You are the Spinner in the Sun. It is wonderful - "I AM the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIGHT." Your way is within you, chart your own Sky Lanes. (From 2Am by Walter Lanyon)

INTEGRITY TO INSTINCT
One day I came suddenly and silently from behind a huge evergreen tree and took by surprise a large beige colored bird. I stopped suddenly fascinated by his actions. Instantly he hovered close to the brown earth, near a rock, and tried with all the slender force within him to simulate that thing. It was the only thing he knew how to do. I could see the blessed heart of him fluttering with fear, but he was remaining true to instinct and was doing the only thing he knew how to do at that moment, and that was enough. His fearful eye was watching me, the enemy, but something within him kept saying "stay on," it is the only way. I hastily withdrew to a secluded place where I could watch him. He was not deluded by this decoy but stayed on for five minutes, and then like a javelin thrown into the air, he rose and flew to freedom.
I was terribly impressed by it all. I remembered many times when I had not been true to my "instinct" - my knowledge, however small, that "I was born of God" and that I could call upon HIM - that I could - "having done all - stand" and see and hear and experience the Presence. But the human fear-thing was so great that I had often tried to use outside methods to help, and always with small success. "He shall cover thee with His feathers and under His wings shall thou abide" - and a thousand other lovely things - things of "instinct" to adhere to when the sudden thrust of the enemy comes unexpectedly. (From 2AM by Walter C Lanyon)