Our inner freedom is actualized by our realization of the spiritual truths we have been drawn to. Those laid out in the Sermon have ever called to me...as applied to each egoic stumbling block I come to and recognize by my resistance to it. In one form or another, inner resistance comes as the you are wrong, I am right response.
My morning's realization of the perfect response to another Gertrude glitch is to agree with her...I had already recognized that she was right...it is her Drill Sergeant tone of voice that I mentally resist.
The breakthrough was the Sermon interrupted to turn me around, without intellectual effort. My resisting mind was already toying with ways to appease it...the idea of quitting the meeting had slithered in, moving to Santa Fe was no doubt coming up. But, whoa!, instantly came the flash, agree with your adversary quickly.
Because she was right, and I did learn from that, I saw that I could thank her for giving me that new information. Begin thank you, end mental gyrations.
Interestingly, way back when, I recognized that very same problem with my tone of voice. With Gertrude, my next step may be to be open to sharing my voice problem. I know and often have shared that the tone of my voice hardens, sounds accusatory, depending upon to whom I am speaking and what the message is...or, more like, how attached I am to the message.
The best is in the paragraph from this morning's "Daily Meditation" of Fr Richard Rohr: Every time we manage to let go of a thought..., 'consenting to the presence and action of God within,' the gesture is actually physically embodied. It’s not just an attitude; something actually 'drops and releases' in the solar plexus region of your body, a subtle but distinct form of interior relaxation....And in time, this gentle and persistent 'inner aerobics,' .... will gradually establish that 'mind of Christ' within you as your own authentic self.
There. Proof that the generic Gertrude is my angel.
Thank you.
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