It's all about detaching from my junk-truth. I do not need to read another new book, nor reread another old book for that matter. Which isn't to say I need to give up reading...no. It's all about coming to believe...to accept...that I already have all I need in order to be the better person I want to be. I already am all I need be. Another spiritual book and/or teacher isn't going to add anything to my understanding. Which is to say that the spiritual life is not a theory, I must live it. The Sermon is not just a bunch of pretty words, I must walk them.
So that's the new path I'm tottering down. Now the hard work begins. Being that better person. Doing it. Living it. I need remind myself that of course I'm not starting from scratch. I'm a better person than I ever dreamed of being just twenty years ago...which, apparently, brings me up to ready to get started.
I think I'll stop using Meister Eckhart as my role model though...Pope Francis sets a higher standard than I expect to reach in this lifetime but I am willing to try. And he has a sense of humor. The Pope is a leap up from my practical wannabe role-model...Senator Elizabeth Warren. She's mouthy, but she's right.
Here comes that good advice again: Sit and wait on the Lord.
Thank you.
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