LIFE'S CRIB NOTES

It means nothing if we intellectually accept that there is a God. The only moment that has any effect or revolution for us is when we acknowledge God’s active presence in our lives and the power of unconditional love. -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," July 5, 2021 

The way we acknowledge God's active presence in our lives is by acting on it...by doing impersonal love...by living nonresistance...by thinking Welcome to our every resistant thought, feeling, sight, sound, then following that with Thank you.

Practically, that means when (not if) we awaken in the midst of our judgmental thoughts, our attack mind activated, we acknowledge that this, too, is God...getting our attention. 

Embrace those judgments, forgive them their neediness, kiss them on the lips, let them be. They will dissipate...or not. 

If not, repeat our embrace until understanding comes. Understanding of our obsessive want to justify our judgments by holding others accountable...let love and laughter be our guide for those are God's perfect tools. 

It is important to let the love and laughter be of our own self...to think we are enwrapping the other with love and laughter? Classic egoic mind staking its claim. Plus the fact that love and laughter about our stuff detaches our judgment of the others' perceived guilt. Love and laugh and we all walk free.

It is equally important that we fear not our seemingly backwards slide. We are simply reclaiming unexamined--unforgiven--territory. Welcome it with our thank you. 

Life's crib notes: Think Welcome to our every resistant thought, feeling, sight, sound, then follow that with Thank you.

Thank you.