...we are actually announcing our commitment to Jesus’ upside-down world where 'the last are first and the first are last' (Matthew 20:16) over any other power system or frame of reference.-- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," January 26, 2018
To seek to know God aright, we must become willing (and it starts with a breakthrough in our intellect) to accept that God's view is perfect and diametrically opposite of our view...the mirror image. We are actually committing to an upside-down world where the last are first and the first are last.
This is ego deflation in depth. It cannot be done through the reasoning mind alone, the heavy lifting is always God's job. Our job is to work with God using our reasoning mind and spiritual principles...and it all begins painfully, exceedingly so. Ego does not go down without a (perpetual) fight.
The good news, of course, is that crash-and-burn, i.e., ego deflation in depth, gives birth to the peace that passes understanding. For now.
Our new mantra as life goes on being daily...bring it back to Now.
Thank you.
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