I fully accept Fr. Richard Rohr's contention, "If there is nothing in your life to cry about, if there is nothing in your life to yell about, you must be out of touch." That, to me, is being fully alive in the material world.
Those of us whose first goal is the seeking of still more spiritual growth must recognize, realize and accept that the material world is ever with us. It is the spiritual world that we can only visit...and then only with a whale of self discipline and desire. [Note my Jonah reference...sometimes I just get too cute to contain myself.]
Our initial break with logic is the necessary move upward to a deeper place in consciousness. Logic tells us if we're crying or yelling about something, then we're building a resentment, and we've got to stop that. Too often, our idea of stopping that is to stuff it, deny it and yell at the dog...and then suffer the remorses of the damned.
Our growth spurt comes when, without conscious thought or effort, we welcome that which we're crying/yelling about...we kiss it on the lips and know it for our angel in disguise.
This is the very essence of surrender, of crashing and burning and rising again all in one...and we will know the feeling of God in our life. This will happen again and again and again, and it will feel like the first time every time.
Logic will despair, Spirit will exult.
Thank you.
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