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SECOND CHANCES (CONTINUED)
addresses questions that we have come to be
committed to in a way that is satisfactory.
Alternatively, we might realize, after some
tremendous jolt to our system triggered by a
significant loss, usually of someone or something we
loved dearly, that we must now have deeper meaning
to inform us.
An existential crisis can result, our own Dark Night
of the Soul, filled with despair, heartbreak and
longing, where despite our wanting to be lifted up,
we are unable to rise to the occasion.
This is when we need to give ourselves a spiritual
second chance.
And the first step before we embark on our
demanding and uncertain journey is to ask for help.
In this case from a spiritual companion, director, or
guide. Someone trained to support and inspire us as
we overcome our doubts and anxieties, and reach for
the horizon, in spite of our fears.
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As our companions listen us into action, they will
allow us to release our traumas and shame, so that we
may begin to inhabit our new spiritual form, and our
exploration of unknown waters, with courage and
steady determination.
In the process, our own insights into the Eternal
will emerge, ripen and mature, so that our own
spirituality will now become deeply embedded. And
with that, our understanding of our journey will
become infused with confidence, conviction, and
deep insight into what the spiritual leaders of the
ages were really telling us, which we hadn’t truly
heard, or understood, before.
And then, and only then, will we
be able to give others the second
chance that they too so need and
deserve.
Rev. Seifu Anil Singh-Molares
Executive Director, SDI