The Tao of Spiritual Writing

All truth is God’s truth.
When some ancient pagan religion manifests a thread of understanding consistent with Scripture, I’m obliged to give credit for getting something right. Terms such as Zen and Tao have already passed into common English usage, and mainstream Christians who balk at them are silly enough. However, I specifically give credit to Taoism for getting right the basic understanding that some things we do have their own eternal path, and doing them best means finding that path which existed before you came along.
When writing on matters drawn from the Spirit Realm, I would be a fool to rely entirely on my own native intelligence. Frankly, that intelligence isn’t worth a whole lot. Every time I rely on it, I fail. Sure, some parts of the experience come out well enough, but something always misses. I always come away with the sense all I’ve done is drawn attention to my own brokenness. When I enslave my intellect to the bigger processes outside the range of mere intellect, I usually come away with something more than I brought to the moment.
This is particularly true in writing. Building on my previous explanation of suspending the ego, let me assert I cannot write well enough to even entertain my own self without seeking the Tao of any particular attempt. When I take those walks of prayer, I’m seeking most to eliminate distractions. While plenty of ideas do come rushing forward in my mind to be noticed, many of them really good in their own right, only a few actually belong to that particular moment of truth. But I can’t really know which until I commit the words to the digital memory and hit “Publish”.
So some things I can easily dismiss for another day. Yet more than once, the act of composing has seen a dramatic change in what I brought back from the hour of prayer. On a few occasions I’ve been seized with the compelling need to rewrite and correct something. In fairness to the medium and my readers, I typically mark significant changes by standard devices, labeling them “update” or “addenda”. More often, I simply dawdle over the posting itself until I have a sense of peace. The flesh slowly drags behind the spirit as the latter pursues the path more surely. The mind struggles to keep up.
Hopefully, what’s left glowing on the screen when you visit here helps you along your own Tao, so you reach your own Zen.