Message of the Day: Plasticity - If one is plastic in all circumstances, isn’t it a weakness?

* What is “plasticity”? That which can easily change its form is “plastic”. Figuratively, it is suppleness, a capacity of adaptation to circumstances and necessities.When I ask you to be plastic in relation to the Divine, I mean not to resist the Divine with the rigidity of preconceived ideas and fixed principles. I knew a man who declared: “I am wholly consecrated to the Divine, I am ready to do whatever He tells me to do; but I am not at all worried, for I know that He would never tell me to kill anybody!” I answered,“How do you know that?” He was indignant. This is a lack of plasticity.   If one is plastic in all circumstances, isn’t it a weakness? But you are not asked to be plastic to the will of others! Nobody asked you to be plastic in relation to others.You are asked to be plastic to the divine Will—which is not quite the same thing! And that requires a great strength because the very first thing that will happen to you is to be exposed to the will of almost everyone around you. If you have a family, you will see the attitude of the family! The more plastic you are to the divine Will, the more opposition you will meet from the will of others who are not accustomed to be in contact with that Will. - Questions and answers