I've become convinced that spiritual life is all about proving Truth and welcoming the process...or, actually, welcoming the process of proving Truth; Truth being that God can and will intervene in our life in our behalf, that the Father goes before us to make the crooked placed straight...also that he performs that which is given us to do. All those words and oh so many more that we secretly hope are true, but, when we're in the crucible, fear aren't. Of course, the hard part about the process is we actually must be in the crucible in order to do the welcoming...there are no short cuts!
The doing, the letting go of our own security blanket, sometimes strains our reasoning mind to the point of bringing on our great fear of losing our mind. Spiritual growth: We feel that fear and let go anyway. We have learned, slowly, slowly, that we must let go in order to realize the peace promised in our Truths. We must go beyond reason to love, a.k.a., we must go beyond our reasoning mind to find God's peace, the peace that passes understanding.
First there is a 'light in the soul that is uncreated and uncreatable,' * * * Second, this divine essence can be realized. * * * so that its presence becomes a reality in daily life. -- From Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," January 29, 2018, quoting Eknath Easwaran.
For that I live.
Thank you.
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