Although a selfless man or woman may seem to go through the day doing nothing extraordinary, without them nothing would revitalize the atmosphere in which we think. "God Calling," April 18
I realized as I read that, that a selfless person may seem to be doing nothing but breathing and the next thing at hand...it is the consciousness of selflessness that revitalizes the atmosphere. And consciousness cannot be manipulated. Just because we're doing the next right thing, if it's a self-determined next right thing, it is of self and therefore not selfless.
That's the trip-wire for me. More than once I've thought I knew the right thing to do, I did it, and here it came back at me...filled with unwonderful. Invariably I have found...my "right thing" was for me all along.
That's the beginning of our learning that we "come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through our mistakes" to quote Fr. Richard Rohr.
We build a selfless consciousness by our very own thoughts, words and deeds. All of which probably start out self-absorbed. It is through our singular desire for still more spiritual growth that we are moved to a higher level deeper...from self- into other-absorbed. Non-resistant. Welcoming. Loving.
Thank you.
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