We the Choir Gather and We Learn to Sing Together

[Sacred Fool]

 
Surely, it is well to protect the young from predation and misfortune, but the time arises when each must venture out into the cold unknown to find one's "pearls of great price," those things for which one would give all, and thus enter into the dark tunnel of transformation.

Perhaps this leads to an extremely negative environment?  Perhaps it leads to something else?  The pathways to the heart of self are multifarious, to be sure.

Yes, indeed. we need comfort along the way, and sharing a good cry or a good song (or a good sermon) may suffice for a little while.  But then the personal journey recommences.

Can outer circumstances distort the mature being?  Certainly so.  Am I wrong, or do Confederation sources not teach that seeking the deeper self in such a context is the basic reason for taking incarnation in 3D?  Do they not aver that the riches thusly found far outweigh the burdens of the seeking?  Do they not say that coming to a clear understanding of what one truly seeks helps to refine the balance of one's soul stream?  Do their sermons not typically end with an exhortation to find pure Divinity within self (not in a group)? 

Perhaps I've misunderstood this?

  

Well, of course! Yes. If I may, it is well to be with likeminded individuals or individual for protection if one can swing it. It just depends where the seeking is leading I suppose. If one is becoming an adept then it would be safer if he were surrounded by others who can protect him with love or at the least by one more. Even an initiate or a disciple should consider study or spiritual practices involving another likeminded individual. If for no other reason than to increase the power. But, as always, proper discernment is key.
There are some things in which no one else can be a part of in our journeys.
Best to you Sacred!!!  

Thank you.

Rereading my own text, I think I might have overstated my case.  I'm guessing now that my reaction to the Eisenstein quote in the OP was more that I see the sentiment expressed there emphasizing comfy social acceptance more than I feel it to be fundamentally seeking to know the Creatrix in all her unguarded nakedness.  Maybe it feels too facile?

"We hold each other in new beliefs. 'Yes, I see it too. You are not crazy.' We, the choir, gather, and we learn to sing together."
  
I don't feel, in this particular verbiage, the sacrifice of "self-ness" required to truly surrender to love.