— CAPTAIN KIRK. CHARLIE X. 1533.6

The popular notion is that we can “be whatever we want”—and have whatever we want. After all, when we finally admit to ourselves that the universe is “good,” and that its infinite resources supply everything we need, we can easily fall into the trap of thinking that the universe must therefore exist simply to satisfy all our desires.

We forget, in short, that getting everything we want is not always “good.” And that, if we want a certain thing, we must often give up something else. We can’t have both.

We can’t drink the nectar of the gods for long and still keep our sobriety. We can’t maintain committed, intimate relationships if we use others merely as tools to get what we want—or to satisfy our glandular needs. We can’t reach the destination The Universe calls us toward if we refuse to learn any of the Paths required to get there.

To have the “million things” that truly enrich our lives, we must consciously choose to not have the other million that only seem enriching. The Ancient Ones called this process “repenting”—turning away from what can’t give us life, so that we might turn back to what can.

In the end, the stakes are that high.

I accept the fact that Life has rules, and that “the way things are” is ultimately for my own good.

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The above meditation is taken from Going Boldly on Your Inner Voyage © 1999-2004, IF Books.

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