I believe the Christian faith is saying that the pattern of transformation is always death transformed, not death avoided. -- Fr Richard Rohr
That certainly caught my attention. I immediately thought, isn't that the basis of what/how I believe God works? As in, alcoholism transformed not avoided, my petty and/or big fears transformed, not avoided. On that belief is built faith from whence comes the ability...the need...to love.
According to me, the lack of love is the bane of the reasoning mind...the lack of giving, not getting, love is the source of all our woes. Our refusal to give from the endless supply of love we were given at birth is the result of our inviting the dark forces of fear, ego-birthed fear, to edge God out.
An actual practice that works: When we find our thoughts stuck in blame, shame or regrets, we pray our thank you prayer, immediately followed with, What could need my love more than this? Then we wait for the click-click that tells us God has kicked in. We may not always hear the click, but it keeps our mind focused on God and off the blame, shame and remorses, a winner in itself.
As Franciscan sister and scientist Ilia Delio wrote, Breakdown can be break through if we recognize a new pattern of life struggling to emerge.
Thank you.
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