Saturday, September 26, 2015

ON PASSING THE BATON TO GOD

Karma, rightly understood, creates responsible and self-actualized people instead of fear-based people. -- Fr. Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditations," September 20, 2015

I wonder if the breaking of karma isn't just recognizing our own bad behavior (our rues, regrets and remorses aborning) and owning it through love and laughter. We can own the worst part of ourselves as we believe it to be and live in peace with it if we can accept it through love and laughter.

Love and laughter are the great transmuters...it is that which transmutes the worst part of ourselves  into "responsible and self-actualized people." Which takes away any thought that acceptance through love and laughter is to ignore, justify or deny our own bad behavior. Responsible, self-actualized people do the next right thing...make our apologies, then our amends and begin anew to live a turned-over life.

Love and laughter replace fear with humility...the humility of knowing "I am powerless, and I am grateful." That's passing the baton to God.

Thank you.

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