Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Complacency is smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements. Complacency is a “look at me” worldview. Look at you! All dressed up, gussied, in high cotton!
Complacency “rests” on laurels, which are honors or praises for achievement. You’ll never hear a good spiritual teacher try to guarantee that their teachings “work.” You won’t hear a good spiritual teacher telling you how many books they’ve sold; how many speaking gigs they’ve had; how much money they’ve made; or how much good they’ve done in the world. They don’t lead with their Academy Award acceptance speech. Jesus could have been a billionaire. When he’d heal, he’d often say “tell no-one of what you’ve seen.”
The extraordinary demonstration of a great person is done anonymously. A real philanthropist does their good deed in the name of that which has no name. Build a resume and “rest” upon it, build a brand identity, and be careful. You want to show your true identity. Keep it real – nameless, blameless, without credit.
You want to show and demonstrate the Great Potentiality which belongs to no individual. What you have seen done by your so-called heroes will be surpassed. But we must give credit where credit is due, and no credit is due. No debt is owed. It all belongs to that which is all.
We live by this Great Potential, we feed upon and harvest its nourishing gifts, without which we would be nothing, not even a slug. If you want to be the greatest human on earth, go get some laurels. If you want to see what the Great Potential can do with, by, through, and as you – tap in, line in, tune in, and step aside. Your journey begins when there is no culprit or laurels upon which to rest. Just wonders of Love, anonymously demonstrated in effortless acts of humble truth.