GOD IS...ENOUGH

The world insists that we are what we do and achieve, but contemplation invites us to practice under-doing and under-achieving, reminding us of the simple grace and humility of being human. -- Barbara Holmes, from Fr Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation," February 17, 2021

Blinding flash or passing thought: There is nothing additional to learn once we've learned life's basic principle: God is. 

We ponder that, analyzing it till it expands to our liking: God is, can and will intervene in my life in my behalf. 

Then, cleaning it up a tish further; God is, can and will intervene in my life in my behalf no matter how less-than I perceive that to be on first glimpse. 

We can rely on that for our spiritual security blanket but know this: As long as we rely on the written word for our security, i.e., know it from the eyebrows up but do not realize it from within, we will stay our own spiritual growth. In effect, we make words the God of our own understanding. 

Blinding flash of the obvious: Realizing in full that God is releases us from the egoic need to control. We  finally accept the reality of The Dark Night Of The Soul...that it is of God, essential and will break us in two like a toothpick. If we're doing it right. 

We often feel there are many, but I suspect there is only one true Dark Night. It's probably our own interpretation of life's rough periods that self-defines the others. I regret...and deeply regret...that I doubt I've had my last...or rather First...Dark Night of the Soul. 

Recognizing the truth of Meister Eckhart's, “God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction,” we come to believe that we cannot improve upon that basic principle: God is.

Thank you.