Peter prior to hearing the rooster crow and Paul prior to being thrown from his horse were in states of certainty. They fully believed in  what they had been doing. Peter saw Jesus as Messiah consistent with the messianic expectation of the day.  He was anticipating the Messianic triumph. Paul saw himself acting in defense of the culture in which he had been raised. He was on a heroes quest to purge his people of a threat. They saw their quests as holy and justified. These were two people from the same culture on two very different tangents of which they were both certain. 

Those trapped in Myth have the comfort of certainty. They have a clear role in the theater in which they roam. They understand the objectives at which their lives are aimed. Everything is spelled out neat and clean, it is a closed circle. They move forward with a clarity of purpose. Outside of their contained world view they cannot see or hear. They need to be thrown from their horse, they need to hear the rooster crow. Some glaring moment of sanity needs to free them from the delusion. 

When they finally see they begin to understand what they have been doing. They come to understand that they are the persecutor. They see the once justified actions as vile. They awaken to the selfishness with which they have been treating others. They now see the accusations that had once animated them and justified their actions as false. They see themselves as weak not strong. They need to come to grips with what they have done. 

They are faced with a choice. They need to choose the path of Peter and Paul or the path of Judas. Peter embraced mercy and sought forgiveness. Paul changed the entire course of his life. Judas returned to the world of myth. A world that had been laid to waste by the truth revealed. People return to the comfort and certainty of the lie, or they move forward into the unknown. They choose between truth and delusion.

The tools of the spiritual life are the tools for venturing into the unknown.  Far from certainty the spiritual life is a quest whose destination is not spelled out.  In the spiritual life you do not know the road ahead. You do not know what is around the corner. The outcomes are far from certain. The temptation for certainty has a gravitational force capable of pulling anyone back into the lie. Your vigilance needs to be constant. Outcome based Christianity is a great force of division in the church. Like Peter and Paul many are convinced that is God is on their side a specific outcome will occur.

You need to be face the world with a sense of contrition. You need to be as willing to atone as to defend. You need to be freed from the burden of self realizing this is not about you.  As an individual in the world of Myth you see yourself in a role. You are more concerned with your image than your impact. The most deeply deceived are the ones most certain of the  acceptable outcomes. They hold institutions accountable for charity vs. being charitable. They seek to impose morality by law rather than give a moral example. 

The spiritual life is not about certainty. You do not judge it by its outcomes.  You align with it and let it drive the car. The spiritual life flows through you. The word YAH-WEH is a great point of meditation. Relax your breathing, breathe in thinking“YAH”. Hold it. Breathe out thinking “WEH”. That is the original word for God. Man’s original experience of God is the experience of breath and clay. The experience of God breathing through us. That is the spiritual life. That is how you dispel delusion. That is the freedom of disillusionment, you have no illusions

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