Tuesday, March 31, 2020

"PEACE, BE STILL" AND CEASE OUR FIGHT

O God, if I worship you in fear of hell, burn me in hell. If I worship you in hope of paradise, shut me out from paradise. But if I worship you for your own sake, do not withhold from me your everlasting beauty. —RĂ¡bi‘a (717–801), Islamic mystic and poet [from Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," March 31, 2020]

Oh my. There it is. My long-ago blinding flash of the obvious affirmed: Go to God for God and that is all.

I have never doubted since that flash came that that is truth, and it is for me personally. I am reminded of the question that also came then: From whom do you get your authority? And I knew the answer must be: From within. From my Father which art in Heaven. Within. 

That's very likely why, when I slide into my reasoning mind, I go to asking God if he loves me. Apparently, if my egoic mind cannot literally see, I doubt, I ask for evidence, I want my proof of purchase. 

I have authority...I do not. Although my 3:00 AM I See Me blatherings are without authority, it is mine to remember: I am ever powerless over the blather...ah, but Peace, be still is not.

Thank you.

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