An important and oft-quoted tradition (hadith) has Muhammad say on his way home after a battle: 'We are returning from the Lesser Jihad and going to the Greater Jihad,' the far more important and difficult struggle to reform one’s own society and one’s own heart. —Karen Armstrong (from Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," September 29, 2018)
I immediately connected with We are returning from the Lesser Jihad and going to the Greater Jihad...the lesser Jihad being the dailies of life, the greater Jihad being still more spiritual growth. I immediately thought of our daily squabbles, within and without, the daily resistances we meet...if the jihad to get over our own self counts, Comcast alone is clearing my path to Heaven.
My running thoughts upon that reading:
We are surrendering our petty squabbles, accepting our daily hurdles.
We are awakening from our prison of wants, entering the realm of needs.
We are awakening from our own ego-framed consciousness into the limitless consciousness of Spirit.
We are detaching from resistance to others, inviting the presence of others.
We are detaching, we are flying free.
We are detached from the tether of human consciousness. We are One with God consciousness.
I hope to add to these...keeps my thoughts aimed upward...or higher than my thoughts about Comcast anyway.
Thank you.
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