If we are to be a continuation of God’s way of seeing, we must first of all be mirrors. We must be no-thing so that we can receive some-thing. To love demands a complete transformation of consciousness. -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," May 5, 2018
The key to living a complete and fulfilled life lies in the realization that there is a mystical, transcendental Presence within us that has already provided our infinite supply unto eternity, that contains within Itself our companionship unto eternity, and that has within Itself the power of fulfillment. -- Joel Goldsmith, "A Parenthesis in Eternity," p 269
Goldsmith's key to living a complete and fulfilled life requires the complete transformation of consciousness of Rohr's "Meditation." I'm convinced that is the giving up of our hope of Heaven. An utter surrender of self-will moves us in the right direction...turns us away from our own idea of Heaven and leaves us without an answer, not even sure of the question. Feeling hopeless, helpless and bare-butt naked in the world.
The answer we seek is seldom what we want...and there's the nature of the mirror image of God. We may experience what to our eyes looks like pain beyond enduring only to learn on the other side of that pain that to God's eyes it was what we needed to be led free...Free Of Me. We realize a complete transformation of consciousness.
God knows our needs, we only know our wants...which wants may even match our needs only we cannot self-will them. We must go to God for God, and all these things shall be added unto us.
Thank you.
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