What is the shortest distance between two points?
We all know the answer – a straight line, of course; not a curved line, not a wavy line; a straight line. When we apply this rule to spiritual ascent, the answer is no different. The shortest distance between the point of this world and the point of His world is a straight line. What does ‘straight’ mean? ‘Straight’ means free from curves, angles, bends or irregularities; it is generated by a point moving continuously in the same direction; it is direct and uninterrupted. On an ethical note, it is honest and fair, candid, frank, trustworthy, moral, upright, pure. Straight, however, can also be spelled as ‘strait’, which means narrow, constricted, tight, difficult, limited in time or space, restricted in freedom or scope. Thus, when we speak of the shortest distance between the two points of this world and His world, we can think in terms of straight and strait, and the shortest distance between the world of matter and the world of Spirit becomes, not just a straight line, but a ‘straig
