we can't hold on to tightly to the path we are on. If we hold on too tightly to the right handed path, for those in the village, we close off to those that come from the outside and might have something useful to say. At the same time, those on the left handed path are challenged in the same way. If those on the left handed path hold on too tightly to the journey, and are unwilling to live within villages from time to time, to share our stories, then we fail to make the journey valuable, it becomes a selfish endeavor, in the same way villages wall themselves off.
We must constantly strive to share and to welcome others, particularly those we are not used to.
This does not mean we should try and convert the other, or to hold no respect for the other's view, even when we don't agree, we must move to something deeper, a place where sharing can occur, where both feel closer to wholeness as a result of the encounter, pride and self preservation must be set aside.
Only when we can allow ourselves to be removed can we truly begin to share and welcome.
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