The Crucified revealed to the world that the real power that changes people and the world is an inner authority that comes from people who have lost, let go, and are re-found on a new level. Twelve-step programs have come to the same conclusion in our time. -- Fr. Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," June 11, 2015
That is the lesson to learn. Personal peace is all about our willingness to release, detach, let go...not store up, gather to, attach. The power of peace is in no personal power.
Real freedom is freedom from self, from our wants, petty piques, random ego victories. Even our perceived successes. Now that is joy...pure and simple.
And it does not matter if we pray the Lord’s Prayer, repeat the Buddha's wisdom or the Lama's Lament...modified, changed and or mutilated. It only matters that we pray in gratitude acknowledging a power greater than ourselves...and believe in that power.
Thank you.
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