This willingness comes at a price and invariably demands that you pass through some rings of fire, which most of us would rather not do. There are few teachers of the dark path, the journey through the shadowlands, the actual way of the Cross. And most organized religion in the West has emphasized will power (heroic ego affirming virtues) rather than willingness, which seldom affirms the ego.....
The need for willingness is counterintuitive for almost all Western people, especially the strong and the educated, who think that spiritual things can be achieved by intellect and willpower.
- Richard Rohr. The Naked Now.
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